Gr10 Basic Maths QPs - Different Schools

NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
PRE-BOARD I EXAMINATION
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (BASIC)
TIME: 3 HOURS CLASS: X TOTAL MARKS: 80
General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them:
(i) This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper is divided into five Sections A, B, C, D and E.
(iii) In Section A, Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and
questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
(iv) In Section B, Questions no. 21 to 25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 2
marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions no. 26 to 31 are short answer (SA) type questions, carrying 3 marks
each.
(vi) In Section D, Questions no. 32 to 35 are long answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Questions no. 36 to 38 are case study-based questions carrying 4 marks each.
Internal choice is provided in 2 marks questions in each case-study.
(viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in
2 questions in Section B, 2 questions in Section C, 2 questions in Section D and
3 questions in Section E.
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(ix) Draw neat diagrams wherever required. Take 𝜋 = wherever required, if not stated.
7
(x) Use of calculators is not allowed.
SECTION-A
1. The sum of zeroes of quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 − 2𝑘𝑥 + 15 is 8 then value of k is:

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 15
2. The pair of equations 3x + 2y = 9 and 6x + by = 18 represent coincident lines, then value of b
is
(a) 4 = b (b) b = 3 (c) b = 2 (d) b = 9
3. The common difference of the A.P. whose nth term is given by a𝑛 = 5n + 3, is:
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 5n (d) 1
A
4. In the given figure, 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐵𝐶. The value of x is:
2cm 3cm
(a) 6 cm
(b) 9 cm D E
(c) 12 cm 6cm 𝑥
(d) 24 cm B C
5. The quadratic equation 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑘𝑥 + 9 = 0 has real and equal zeroes then 𝑘 =
(a) ±2 (b) ±3 (c) ±6 (d) None of these
5
6. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 = 12 then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is:
7 17 17 17
(a) − (b) (c) − (d) −
13 13 13 7
7. The distance of a point (3, − 7) form x axis is:
(a) 3 unit (b) 7 unit (c) 58 unit (d) √58 unit
8. In figure AP, AQ are tangents to the
circle with centre O, if ∠𝑃𝐴𝑄 = 500
A 500
then the length of ∠𝑃𝑂𝑄 is
(a) 250 (b) 1000 (c) 1300 (d) 1500 P
9. A cylinder, a cone is of same base radii and same height. The ratio of their volumes is
(a) 1: 3 (b) 2: 3 (c) 3: 2 (d) 3: 1
10. If the mean and the median of a data are 12 and 15 respectively, then its mode is:
(a) 13·5 (b) 21 (c) 6 (d) 14
11. In the given figure, AB is a tangent to the circle centered at O.

If OA = 6 cm and ∠OAB = 300, A 300
then the radius of the circle is:
(a) 3 𝑐𝑚 (b) 3 √3 𝑐𝑚 B
(c) 2 𝑐𝑚 (d) √3 𝑐𝑚
3
12. If cos 𝐴 = 5
then 1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 is
5 25
(a) 25 (b) 3 (c)5 (d) 9
13. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 with ∠𝐴 = 400 , ∠𝑅 = 520 then ∠𝐵 =

(a) 980 (b) 920 (c) 880 (d) 780
14. The 11th term of the A.P.: 10, 7, 4, ......., −62 is:
(a) -25 (b) -20 (c) -15 (d) 0
15. A card is drawn from well shuffled deck of 52 cards, probability that drawn is an ace is:
4 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
13 26 13
16. In the given figure, AC and AB are tangents to a circle centered at O. C
If ∠𝐵𝑂𝐷 = 1200 , then ∠𝐵𝐴𝑂 is equal to:
(a) 300 (b) 600 D
A 1200
(c) 450 (d) 900
17. If every term of the statistical data consisting of n terms is increased by 5, then
B the mean of
the data:
(a) decreases by 5 (b) remains unchanged (c) increases by 5n (d) increases by 5
18. The probability of happening the event be 𝑥 and that of the probability of not happening the
event be 𝑦 then relation between 𝑥 and 𝑦 is:
(a) 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 1 (b) 𝑥 = 𝑦 − 1 (c) 𝑥 = 𝑦 (d) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions carrying 1 mark each.
Two statements are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason
(R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given
below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of the Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
19. Assertion (A): If the points A (4, 3), B (x, 5) and C (2, 4) are vertices of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 and its centroid
is (2, 4) then 𝑥 = 0
𝑥1 +𝑥2 +𝑥3 𝑦1 +𝑦2 +𝑦3
Reason (R): Centroid of a triangle is given by 𝐺 = ( , )
3 3
20. Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 36 and their product is 3888, then their LCM is 180.
Reason (R): For any two positive integers a and b, 𝐻𝐶𝐹(𝑎, 𝑏) × 𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎, 𝑏) = 𝑎 × 𝑏
SECTION-B
21. Using fundamental theorem of Arithmetic, find HCF and LCM of 96 and 120
22. (a) Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points (5, – 6) and
(–1, – 4). Also find the point of intersection.
OR
(b) Point P (x, y) is equidistant from points A (5, 1) and B (1, 5). Prove that x = y.
23. If A (1, 2), B (4, 3), C (6, 6) and D (3, x) are the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, find 𝑥.
A D
D R C
24. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle (see Fig.). S Q
C
P B
Prove that: AB + CD = AD + BC B
A
25. For 𝐴 = 600 and 𝐵 = 300 , then verify that 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝐴 + 𝐵 ) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵
OR
If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 = 1 then prove that 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝜃 = 1
2 2
SECTION-C
26. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is an irrational number.
27. If sum of three consecutive terms of A.P. is 30 and their product is 910. Find these three
terms.
OR
Which term of the A.P.: 65, 61, 57, 53, .................. is the first negative term?
A
28. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐶𝐸 ⊥ 𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐷 ⊥ 𝐴𝐶 ,
CE and BD intersect at P. E D
Prove that 𝐵𝑃 × 𝑃𝐷 = 𝐸𝑃 × 𝐶𝑃 P
B C
29. Solve the pair of linear equations 4𝑥 − 𝑦 − 8 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 11 graphically.

OR
A man wished to give ₹ 12 to each person and found that he fell short of ₹6 when he wanted
to give present to all persons. He therefore, distributed ₹ 9 to each person and found that ₹ 9
where left over. How much money did he have and how many persons were there?
30. Prove that: (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴) (𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴) (𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐴) = 1
31. A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 50 girls of class Xth of a school was conducted and
the following data was obtained:
Height (in cm) 120-130 130-140 140-150 150-160 160-170 Total
Number of girls 2 8 12 20 8 50
Find median height of girls.
SECTION-D
32. Prove that, if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle intersecting the other two sides in
distinct points, then the other two sides are divided in the same ratio
Using the above theorem prove that a line through a line passing through mid-point of any one
side of triangle parallel to another side bisect third side.
33.(a) A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/h less, then
it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. Find the speed of the train.
OR
(b) Two water tap together can fill a tank in 6 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 9 hours
less than smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can
separately fill the tank.
34. A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 20 m by means of a
7 m long rope. Find the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze. Also find
the increase in the grazing area if the rope were 14 m long instead of 7 m.
35. (a) As observed from the top of a 50 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles of
depression of two ships are 300 and 600. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same
side of the lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships. (𝑈𝑠𝑒 √3 = 1 · 73)
OR
(b) From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of a transmission
tower fixed at the top of a 20 m high building are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of
the tower. (𝑈𝑠𝑒 √3 = 1 · 73)
SECTION_E
36. Singing bowls (hemispherical in shape) are commonly used in sound healing practices. Mallet
(cylindrical in shape) is used to strike the bowl in a sequence to produce sound and vibration.
One such bowl is shown here whose dimensions are:
Hemispherical bowl has outer radius 6 cm and inner radius 5 cm. Mallet has height of 10 cm and
radius 2 cm.
Based on the above, answer the following questions (Use = 3·14):
(i) What is the volume of the material used in making the mallet? 1
(ii) The bowl is to be polished from inside. Find the inner surface area of the bowl. 1
(iii) (a) Find the volume of metal used to make the bowl. 2
OR
(iii) (b) Find total surface area of the mallet. 2
37. Some students were asked to list their favorite colour. The measure of each colour is shown by
the central angle of a pie chart given below:
White
1200
Blue 600
900 Yellow
600
300
Green
Red
Study the pie chart and answer the following questions:

(i) If a student is chosen at random, then find the probability of his/her favorite colour being
white? 1
(ii) What is the probability of his/her favorite colour being blue or green? 1
(iii) (a) If 15 students liked the colour yellow, how many students participated in the survey? 2
OR
(iii) (b) What is the probability of the favorite colour being red or blue? 2
38. Rainbow is an arch of colors that is visible in the sky after rain or when water droplets are
present in the atmosphere. The colors of the rainbow are generally, red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet. Each colour of the rainbow makes a parabola. We know that any
quadratic polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 (𝑎 > 0) represents a parabola on the graph
paper.
Based on the above, answer the following questions:

(i) The graph of a rainbow y = f(x) is shown in the figure. Write the number of zeroes of the
curve. 1
(ii) If the graph of a rainbow does not intersect the x-axis but intersects y-axis at one point, then
how many zeroes will it have? 1
(iii) (a) If a rainbow is represented by the quadratic polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + (𝑎 + 1) 𝑥 + 𝑏,
whose zeroes are 2 and 3, find the value of a and b. 2
OR
(iii) (b) The polynomial 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − (7𝑝 + 3) represents a rainbow. If 4 is a zero of it, find the
value of p. 2
PREBOARD EXAMINATION -I
2023-2024
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CLASS: X
BLUE PRINT
UNIT UNIT NAME MARKS
I NUMBER SYSTEM 06
II ALGEBRA 20
III COORDINATE GEOMETRY 06
IV GEOMETRY 15
V TRIGONOMETRY 12
VI MENSURATION 10
VII STATISTICS 11
TOTAL 80
Subject- Mathematics
UNIT CHAPTER NAME MCQ S.A. S.A. L.A. CBQ TOTAL

(1 MARK) (2 MARKS) (3 MARKS) (5 MARKS) (4 MARKS) MARKS
I REAL NUMBERS 1 1 1 6(3)
2 POLYNOMIALS 1 1 5(2)
PAIR OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS IN
3 TWO
1 1* 4(2)
VARIABLES
QUADRATIC
4 EQUATIONS
1 1 6(2)
ARITHMETIC
5 PROGRESSION
2 1* 5(3)
COORDINATE
6 GEOMETRY
2 2(1*) 6(4)
7 TRIANGLES 2 1 1* 10(4)
8 CIRCLE 3 1 5(4)
INTRODUCTION
TO
TRIGONOMETR
9 Y AND
2 1* 1 7(4)
TRIGONOMETRI
C INDETITIES
SOME
APPLICATION
10 OF 1* 5(1)
TRIGONOMETR
Y
AREA RELATED
11 TO CIRCLE
1 5(1)
SURFACE AREA
12 AND VLUME
1 1 5(2)
13 STATISTICS 2 1 5(3)
14 PROBABILITY 2 1 6(3)
TOTAL 20× 1 = 20 5× 2 = 10 6× 3 = 18 4× 5 = 20 3× 4 = 12 80(38)
PRE-BOARD I EXAMINATION
MARKING SCHEME
CLASS X
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS BASIC (241)
QUESTION ANSWER/HINTS MARKS

NUMBER
1 (c) 4 1
2 (a) 4 = 𝑏 1
3 (b) 5 1
4 (b) 9cm 1
5 (c) ±6 1
17
6 (b) 1
13
7 (b) 7 unit 1
8 (c)1300 1
9 (d) 3: 1 1
10 (b) 21 1
11 (a) 3cm 1
12 25 1
(d) 9
13 (c) 880 1
14 (b) −20 1
15 1 1
(c) 13
16 (a) 300 1
17 (d) increases by 5 1
18 (d) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1 1
19 (a) 1
20 (d) 1
21 96 = 25 × 31 1
2
120 = 23 × 31 × 51 1
2
𝐻𝐶𝐹 (96, 120) = 23 × 31 = 24 1
2
𝐿𝐶𝑀 (96, 120) = 25 × 31 × 51 = 480 1
2
22 LetP(0, y) be point on y-axis divide line segment
joining (5, −6) and (−1, −4) in the ratio 𝑘: 1

𝑘𝑥2 + 𝑥1 𝑘𝑦2 + 𝑦1
(0, 𝑦) = ( , ) 1
𝑘+1 𝑘+1
2
−𝑘 + 5 −4𝑘 − 6
=( , ) 1
𝑘+1 𝑘+1
2
−𝑘 + 5 −4𝑘 − 6
0= , 𝑦= 1
𝑘+1 𝑘+1
2
∴ 𝑘 = 5: 1
−20 − 6 13 1
𝑦= =−
5+1 3 2
OR
𝐴𝑃 = 𝐵𝑃 ∴ 𝐴𝑃 2 = 𝐵𝑃 2 1
2
∴ (𝑥 − 5)2 + (𝑦 − 1)2 = (𝑥 − 1)2 + (𝑦 − 5)2
1
∴ 10𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 10𝑦 2
1
∴𝑥=𝑦 2
1
2
23 𝐷(3, 𝑥)
1
𝑀𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝐶 = 𝑀𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝐷 2
1+6 2+6 4+3 3+𝑥 1
( , )=( , )
2 2 2 2 2
2+6 3+𝑥 1
= 2
2 2
1
∴ 𝑥 = 5, 2
𝐷 ≡ (3, 5)
24 𝐴𝑃 = 𝐴𝑆 A S D
𝐵𝑃 = 𝐵𝑄 D R C
𝐶𝑅 = 𝐶𝑄 P R 1
𝐷𝑅 = 𝐷𝑆 S Q
C
B
A
Q
P B
𝐴𝑃 + 𝐵𝑃 + 𝐶𝑅 + 𝐷𝑅 = 𝐴𝑆 + 𝐵𝑄 + 𝐶𝑄 + 𝐷𝑆 1
2
𝐴𝐵 + 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐴𝐷 + 𝐵𝐶
1
2
25 L. H. S. = sin(A + B) = sin900 = 1 1
2
R. H. S. = sinA cosB + cosA sinB
= sin600 𝑐𝑜𝑠300 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠600 𝑠𝑖𝑛300 1

2
√3 √3 1 1
= × + × =1
2 2 2 2 1
Or
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 = 1
1
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 2
∴ 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝜃 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + (𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃)2 1
1
= 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 = 1 2
26 Let3 + 2√𝟓 is not an irrational number.

∴ 3 + 2√𝟓 is a rational number.
𝒑 1
∴ 3 + 2√𝟓 = 𝒒 ….. Where p and q are co-prime
2
𝒑
∴ 2√𝟓 = −𝟑
𝒒
𝒑
∴ 2√𝟓 = − 𝟑 1
𝒒
2
𝒑 − 𝟑𝒒
∴ √𝟓 =
𝟐𝒒
1
But p and q integers. 2
𝑝−3𝑞
∴ 2𝑞
is a rational number.
1
∴ √5 is rational number
2
But this is contradiction to the fact
that √𝟓 is an irrational number. 1
∴ Our assumption that 3 + 2√𝟓 is not an 2
irrational number is wrong 1

2
∴ 3 + 2√𝟓is an irrational number
27 Let three consecutive terms of A.P. be 𝑎 − 𝑑, 𝑎, 𝑎 + 𝑑
∴ (𝑎 − 𝑑) + 𝑎 + (𝑎 + 𝑑) = 30 1
2
∴ 𝑎 = 10 1
2
Now (𝑎 − 𝑑) × 𝑎 × (𝑎 + 𝑑) = 910
1
∴ 10(10 − 𝑑)(10 + 𝑑 ) = 910 2
∴ 100 − 𝑑2 = 91 1
∴ 𝑑 = ±3 2
If ∴ 𝑑 = 3 then three terms are: 7, 10, 13 1

2
1
If ∴ 𝑑 = −3 then three terms are: 13, 10, 7
2
OR
1
𝑎 = 65, 𝑑 = −4 2
Let 𝑎𝑛 < 0
1
∴ 𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 < 0 2
∴ 65 + (𝑛 − 1)(−4) < 0 1
2
∴ (𝑛 − 1)(−4) < −65
1
65 2
∴ (𝑛 − 1) >
4
1 1
∴ 𝑛 > 17 2
4
∴ 18𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚. 1

2
28 In ∆𝐵𝐸𝑃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∆𝐶𝐷𝑃 ,

1
∠𝐵𝐸𝑃 = ∠𝐶𝐷𝑃---------------(∵ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 900 ) 2
∠𝐵𝑃𝐸 = ∠𝐶𝑃𝐷 -----------(∵ 1
𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑝. 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠) 2
1
∴ ∆𝐵𝐸𝑃 ~∆𝐶𝐷𝑃 -----------(∵ 𝐴𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦)
𝐵𝑃 𝐸𝑃 1
∵ =
𝐶𝑃 𝑃𝐷 2
1
∴ 𝐵𝑃 × 𝑃𝐷 = 𝐸𝑃 × 𝐶𝑃 2
29 Correct table for both equations 1
Correct graph 1
Correct solution from graph
1
OR
Let money with him be ₹𝑥
And number of persons be y
𝑥 − 12𝑦 = −6 ---- ---(1)
1
𝑥 − 9𝑦 = 42 ----------(2)
∴ 𝑥 = ₹186 1
∴ 𝑦 = 18 1
30 𝐿𝐻𝑆 = (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴)(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴)(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴
+ 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴)
1
1 1 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
=(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴) (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴) (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 )
1
2
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴
= . ( )
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
1
1
= 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 × =1
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 1
2
= 𝑅. 𝐻. 𝑆.
31 Correct cummulative frequency table
Class interval Frequency (f) Cummulative

freq. (cf)
120.130 2 2 1
130-140 8 10
140-150 12 22
150-160 20 42
160-170 8 50
TOTAL 50
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 = 150 − 160 , ∴ 𝑙 = 150, 𝑐𝑓 = 22,
1
𝑓 = 20, 𝑛 = 50 , ℎ = 10 2
𝑛 1
− 𝑐𝑓
2
𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 𝑙 + ( )×ℎ 2
𝑓
1
2
25 − 22
𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 150 + ( ) × 10
20
1
2
𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 151.5 𝑐𝑚
32 Correct given and figure 1

1
2
To prove
1
Construction 2
2
Proof
Answer of related problem 1

33. Let the uniformspeed of train be x km/hr.
∴reduced Speed is 𝑥 − 8 km/hr
480 480 1
∴ − =3
𝑥−8 𝑥
480(𝑥 − 𝑥 + 8) 1
∴ =3 2
𝑥(𝑥 − 8) 1
2
∴ 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 − 1280 = 0 1
∴ (𝑥 + 32)(𝑥 − 40) = 0 1
2
∴ 𝑥 = −32 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 40
1
But 𝑥 ≠ −32 2
∴ 𝑥 = 40
1
Hence speed of train is 40 km/hr
Or
Let the pipe with smaller diameter takes𝑥 hours to fill
the tank.
1
∴ Time taken by pipe with larger diameter is 𝑥 − 9 2
hours.
1
. 2
1 1 1 1
∴ + =
𝑥 𝑥−9 6 2
1
(𝑥 − 9 + 𝑥) 1 2
∴ =
𝑥(𝑥 − 9) 6 1
2
∴ 𝑥 2 − 21𝑥 + 54 = 0
∴ 𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 54 = 0 1
2
∴ 𝑥(𝑥 − 18) − 3(𝑥 − 18) = 0 1
2
∴ (𝑥 − 18)(𝑥 − 3) = 0 1
2
∴ 𝑥 = 18 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 3
1
But x cannot beless than 6 2
1
∴ 𝑥 = 18hr. 2
∴ Tap with smaller diameter takes 18 hours and tap

with larger diameter takes 9 hours to fill the tank
separately.
34 Given: side of square field (a)=20m, 𝑟 = 7𝑚 1
2
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑒
1
= 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 2
1 22 1
= × ×7×7
4 7
77 1
= = 38.5 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚.
2 2
𝐼𝑓 𝑟 = 14𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑒
= 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒

1
1 22
= × × 14 × 14 1
4 7
2
= 154 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚
𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 154 − 38.5 1
= 115.5 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚
35 Correct figure Q
𝟑𝟎𝟎
𝟔𝟎𝟎
1
50 𝑚
𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟔𝟎𝟎
C 𝑦 B 𝑑 A
In ∆𝐴𝐵𝑄
1
𝐴𝑄 2
𝑡𝑎𝑛600 =
𝐴𝐵
50
∴ √3 = 1
𝑑
2
50 50
∴𝑑= = √3 𝑚 = 28.83𝑚 ………. (1)
√3 3
Now, In∆𝐴𝐶𝑄
1
𝐴𝑄 2
𝑡𝑎𝑛300 =
𝐴𝐶 1
1 50 2
∴ =
√3 𝑑+𝑦 1
∴ 𝑑 + 𝑦 = 50√3=86.5
1
∴ 𝑦 = 86.5 − 28.83 = 57.67𝑚
∴ 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑠 57.67𝑚

Q
Or
ℎ
Correct figure
B
30 𝑚 1
𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝟒𝟓𝟎
C 𝑥 A
In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 1
2
𝐴𝐵
𝑡𝑎𝑛450 =
𝐵𝐶
20 1
∴1=
𝑥 2
∴ 𝑥 = 20 𝑚 ………. (1)
Now, In∆𝐴𝐶𝑄 1
2
𝐴𝑄
𝑡𝑎𝑛600 = 1
𝐴𝐶
2
20 + ℎ
∴ √3 = 1
𝑥
∴ √3𝑥 = 20 + ℎ
1
∴ ℎ = 34.6 − 20 = 14.6𝑚
∴ ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑓 14.6𝑚
36 (i) 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡 = 1

2
1
𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ 2
= 3.14 × 22 × 10 = 125.6 𝑐𝑢𝑏. 𝑐𝑚

1
2
(ii) 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑙 = 2𝜋𝑟 2 1
2
= 2 × 3.14 × 52 = 157 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
(iii) 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑙 = 1
2 2
= × 3.14 × 63 − × 3.14 × 53 1
3 3
= 190.49 𝑐𝑢𝑏. 𝑐𝑚
1
Or
1
𝑇. 𝑆. 𝐴 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡 = 2𝜋𝑟(ℎ + 𝑟)
= 2 × 3.14 × 2 × (10 + 2) = 150.72𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
37 Number of all possible outcomes n(S) = 1000
120 1 1
(i) 𝑃(𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒) = 360 = 3
60+60
(ii) 𝑃(𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑) = 360
1
=
3 1
90 15
(ii) = 1
360 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑
∴ 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 = 60 1

OR
(iii) 𝑃(𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒) =

60 + 30
1
360
1
= = 0.25 1
4
38 (i) The graph𝑦 = 𝑓 (𝑥) intersect x-axis in two distict 1

2
points. 1
2
∴ 𝑦 = 𝑓 (𝑥) has two zeroes.
1
(ii) If graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓 (𝑥) do not intersect x-axis then it
1
has no zeroes
2
1
(iii) 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + (𝑎 + 1)𝑥 + 𝑏
2
1
∴ 𝑝(2) = 0, 𝑝(3) = 0 2
1
∴ 2𝑎 + 𝑏 = −6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑎 + 𝑏 = −12 , on solving 2
𝑎 = −6, 𝑏 = 6
OR
(iii)4 𝑖𝑠 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − (7𝑝 + 3).
∴ 42 + 2 × 4 − (7𝑝 + 3) = 0 1
∴𝑝=3 1
Basic Mathematics (241)
Marking Scheme
2023-24
Section A
1) (b) 𝑥𝑦 1
2) (c) 20 1
3) (b) ½ 1
4) (d) No Solution 1
5) (d) 0,8 1
6) (c) 5 Unit 1
7) (a) ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅~ ∆ 𝐶𝐴𝐵 1
8) (d) RHS 1
9) (b) 70˚ 1
10) (b) ¾ 1
11) (b) 45° 1
12) (𝑎) sin 𝐴 1
13) (𝑐) 𝜋:2 1
14) (a) 7 𝑐𝑚 1
15) (d) 1
16) (a) 15 1
17) (a) 3.5 cm 1
18) (b) 12-18 1
19) (a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 1
20) (d) Assertion (A) is false but reason(R) is true. 1
1
SECTION B
21) 3𝑥+2𝑦 = 8
6𝑥- 4𝑦 = 9
𝑎 =3, 𝑏 =2, 𝑐 =8
𝑎 =6, 𝑏 =-4, 𝑐 = 9 1
= = = = = 1/2
≠
The given pair of linear equations are consistent. 1/2
22) Given:-AB II CD II EF
To prove:- =
Construction:- Join BD to 1/2

intersect EF at G.
Proof:- in ∆ ABD
EG II AB ( EF II AB )
= ( by BPT )___________(1) 1/2
In ∆𝐷𝐵𝐶
GF II CD ( EF II CD )
= ( by BPT )___________(2) 1/2
𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 (1) & (2)
= 1/2
OR
Given AD=6cm, DB=9cm
AE=8cm, EC=12cm, ∠ADE=48
To find:- ∠ABC=?
Proof:
In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶
= = ……(1)
= = ……..(2)
From (1) & (2) 1
DE II BC (Converse of BPT)
∠ADE=∠ABC (Corresponding angles)
⇒ ∠ABC=48˚ 1
2
23) In ∆ OTA, ∠OTA = 90˚
By Pythagoras theorem
OA2 = OT2 + AT2 1/2
(5)2 = OT2 + (4) 2
25-16= OT2
9 = OT2 1/2
OT=3cm
radius of circle = 3cm. 1
24) Sin2 60˚ + 2 tan 45˚ – cos2 30˚

√ √
= + 2(1) - 1
= +2 -
= 2 1
25) Area of the circle= sum of areas of 2 circles

𝜋𝑅 = 𝜋(40)2 + 𝜋(9)2 1/2
𝜋𝑅 = 𝜋 x (402 + 92) 1/2
𝑅 = 1600 + 81
𝑅 = 1681
𝑅 = 41 𝑐𝑚. 1/2
𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 = 41 × 2 = 82𝑐𝑚 1/2
OR
radius of circle = 10cm, 𝜃 = 90˚
Area of minor segment = ˚

𝜋r2 - Area of Δ
= ˚
x 𝜋 r2 - xbxh 1/2
˚
= ˚
x3.14 x 10 x 10 - x 10 x 10 1/2
= – 50
= 78.5-50 = 28.5 cm2 1/2
Area of minor segment = 28.5 cm2 1/2
3
Section C
26) Let us assume that √3 be a rational number
√3 = where a and b are co-prime. 1
squaring both the sides
√3 = 1/2
3= ⇒ 𝑎 =3𝑏
𝑎 is divisible by 3 so a is also divisible by 3_________(1)

𝑙𝑒𝑡 a=3c for any integer c.
(3𝑐) =3b2 1/2
9𝑐 =3𝑏
𝑏 =3𝑐
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏 is divisible by 3 so, b is also divisible by 3 _____(2)
From (1) & (2) we can say that 3 in a factor of a and b 1/2
which is contradicting the fact that a and b are co- prime.
Thus, our assumption that √3 is a rational number is wrong.
Hence, √3 is an irrational number. 1/2
27) P(S)= 4S2 -4S+1
4S2 -2S-2S+1=0
2S(2S-1)-1(2S-1)=0
(2S-1) (2S-1)=0
S=½ S=½ 1
a=4 b=-4 c=1 ∝=½ 𝛽 =½
∝ +𝛽 = , ∝𝛽=
 1  1  1
+ = ,     1
 2  2  4
1  1 4 1 1
 , 
2 4 4 4
=1
1=1 1
28) Let cost of one bat be Rs 𝑥
Let cost of one ball be Rs 𝑦 1/2
ATQ
4𝑥 + 1𝑦 = 2050___________(1)
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 1600___________(2) 1/2
𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 (1)4𝑥 + 1𝑦 = 2050
𝑦 = 2050 − 4𝑥 1/2
4
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦 𝑖𝑛 (2)
3𝑥 + 2(2050 − 4𝑥) = 1600
3x + 4100 – 8x =1600
-5x = −2500
𝑥 = 500 1/2
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑛 (1)
4𝑥 + 1𝑦 = 2050
4(500) + 𝑦 = 2050
2000 + 𝑦 = 2050
𝑦 = 50 1/2
Hence
Cost of one bat = Rs. 500 1/2
Cost of one ball = Rs. 50
OR
Let the fixed charge for first 3 days= Rs. 𝑥
And additional charge after 3 days= Rs. 𝑦 1/2
ATQ
𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 27---------------(1)
𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 21 --------------(2) 1/2
Subtract eqn (2) from (1)
2𝑦 = 6
𝑦=3 1
Substitute value of 𝑦 in (2)
𝑥 + 2(3) = 21
𝑥 = 21 − 6
𝑥 = 15 1
Fixed charge= Rs. 15
Additional charge per day = Rs. 3
29) Given circle touching sides of ABCD at P,Q,R and S

To prove- AB+CD=AD+BC
Proof- 1
AP=AS-------(1) tangents from an external point
PB=BQ-------(2) to a circle are equal in length
DR=DS-------(3)
CR=CQ-------(4) 1
Adding eqn (1),(2),(3) & (4)
AP+BP+DR+CR=AS+DS+BQ+CQ
AB+DC=AD+BC 1
30) (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − cot 𝜃) =
LHS=(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃)2
= − 1/2
= 1/2
5
(1 − cos 𝜃)
=
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
( )
= 1
(1 − cos 𝜃)
=
(1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)
= =RHS 1
LHS = RHS, Hence Proved

OR
secA (1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴)(sec 𝐴 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴)=1
LHS= (1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴) + 1
( )( )
=
( )( )
=
= (1-𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴) 1
= 1 = RHS 1
LHS=RHS. Hence Proved
31) (i) Red balls= 6 , Black balls = 4 , White balls = x
P(white ball) = = 1
⇒ 3x = 10 + x ⇒ x= 5 white balls 1/2

(ii) Let y red balls be removed, black balls = 4, white balls = 5
P(white balls)= ( )
= 1
⇒ = ⇒ 10 = 15 − 𝑦 ⇒ 𝑦 = 5 ½
So 5 balls should be removed.
Section D
32) Let the speed of train be 𝑥 𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟 1/2
distance= 360 km
Speed =
Time = 1/2
New speed = (𝑥 + 5)𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟
Time =
𝑥+5= 1
360
(𝑥 + 5) − 1 = 360
𝑥
6
(𝑥 + 5)(360 − 𝑥) = 360𝑥
−𝑥 − 5𝑥 + 1800 = 0
𝑥 + 5𝑥 − 1800 = 0 1
𝑥 + 45𝑥 − 40𝑥 − 1800 = 0
𝑥(𝑥 + 45) − 40(𝑥 + 45) = 0
(𝑥 + 45)(𝑥 − 40) = 0 1
𝑥 + 45 = 0 , 𝑥 − 40 = 0
𝑥 = −45 , 𝑥 = 40
Speed cannot be negative
Speed of train =40km/hr 1
OR
Let the speed of the stream=𝑥𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟 1/2
Speed of boat= 18 𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟
Upstream speed= (18 − 𝑥)𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟
Downstream speed=(18 + 𝑥)𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟 1/2
Time taken (upstream)=( )
Time taken (downstream)=( )

ATQ
( )
= ( )
+1 1
( )
−( )
=1
24(18 + 𝑥) − 24(18 − 𝑥) = (18 − 𝑥)(18 + 𝑥)
24(18 + 𝑥 − 18 + 𝑥) = (18) − 𝑥
24(2𝑥) = 324 − 𝑥
48𝑥 − 324 + 𝑥 = 0
𝑥 + 48𝑥 − 324 = 0 1
𝑥 − 6𝑥 + 54𝑥 − 324 = 0
𝑥(𝑥 − 6) + 54(𝑥 − 6) = 0
(𝑥 − 6) (𝑥 + 54) = 0 1
𝑥−6=0 , 𝑥 + 54 = 0
𝑥=6 , 𝑥 = −54
Speed cannot be negative 1
Speed of stream=6𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟
33) Given ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 , DE || BC
To prove =
Construction: join BE and CD 1/2

Draw DM ⏊ AC and EN ⏊ AB
Proof: 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝐴𝐷𝐸 = x b x h
= x AD x EN-----------------------(1)
Area (∆𝐷𝐵𝐸) = x DB x EN--------(2)
Divide eqn (1) by (2)

∆
∆
= = -----------(3) 1
7
area ∆𝐴𝐷𝐸 = x AE x DM -------(4)
area ∆𝐷𝐸𝐶 = x EC x DM -------(5)
Divide eqn (4) by (5)

∆
∆
= = -----------(6) 1
∆𝐵𝐷𝐸 and ∆𝐷𝐸𝐶 are on the same base DE and between same parallel lines BC and DE
∴ 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 (∆𝐷𝐵𝐸) = 𝑎𝑟 ( 𝐷𝐸𝐶)
ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒
(∆ ) (∆ )
(∆
= (∆ )
[LHS of (3) =RHS of (6)]
= [RHS of (3) = RHS of (6) 1/2
Since = ∴ 𝑆𝑇 ∥ 𝑄𝑅 (𝑏𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑃𝑇)
∠PST = ∠PQR (Corresponding angles) 1

But ∠PST = ∠PRQ (given)
∠PQR = ∠PRQ
PR = PQ ( sides opposite to equal angles are equal
Hence ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 is isosceles. 1
34) Diameter of cylinder and hemisphere = 5mm radius, (r) =
Total length = 14mm

Height of cylinder = 14 - 5 = 9mm 1
CSA of cylinder = 2⊼rh
=2x x x9
= mm2 1
CSA of hemispheres = 2⊼r2
= 2x x
= mm2 1
CSA of 2 hemispheres = 2 x
= mm2 1
Total area of capsule = +
= 220 mm2 1
OR
8
Diameter of cylinder = 2.8 cm
.
𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 of cylinder = = 1.4 cm
𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 of cylinder = 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 of hemisphere = 1.4 cm

Height of cylinder = 5-2.8 1
= 2.2 cm
Volume of 1 Gulab jamun = vol. of cylinder + 2 x vol. of hemisphere
= ⊼ 𝑟2h + 2 x ⊼ 𝑟3 1
x (1.4)2 x 2.2 + 2 x x x (1.4)3
= 13.55 + 11.50
= 25.05 𝑐𝑚3 1
𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 45 𝐺𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑏 𝑗𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑛 = 45 x25.05
𝑠𝑦𝑟𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 45 𝐺𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑏 𝑗𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑛 = 30% x 45 x 25.05
= x 45 x 25.05 1
= 338.175 cm3
≈ 338 cm3
35)
Life time (in hours) Number of lamps(f) Mid x d fd
1500-2000 14 1750 -1500 -21000
2000-2500 56 2250 -1000 -56000
2500-3000 60 2750 -500 -30000
3000-3500 86 3250 0 0
3500-4000 74 3750 500 37000
4000-4500 62 4250 1000 62000
4500-5000 48 4750 1500 72000
400 64000
Mean = a + 1/2
a = 3250 1/2
9
Mean = 3250 + 1
= 3250 + 160
= 3410
Average life of lamp is 3410 hr 1
Section E
36) a6 =16000 a9 = 22600

a+5d=16000-------(1)
a+8d=22600 --------(2)
substitute a = 1600 -5d from (1)
16000-5d + 8d = 22600
3d = 22600-16000
3d=6600
d= = 2200
a = 16000-5(2200)
a = 16000-11000
a = 5000
(i) an = 29200, a = 5000, d = 2200
an = a + (n-1)d
29200 = 5000 + (n – 1)2200 1/2
29200-5000 = 2200n-2200
24200+2200=2200n
26400=2200n
n=
n=12 1/2
in 12th year the production was Rs 29200
(ii) n=8, a=5000, d=2200
an = a + (n-1)d 1/2
= 5000+(8-1)2200 1/2
= 5000+7 x 2200
= 5000+15400 1/2
= 20400
The production during 8th year is = 20400 1/2
OR
n = 3, a = 5000, d = 2200
sn = [ 2a + (n-1)d] 1/2
10
= [2(5000) + (3-1) 2200]
S3 = (10000 + 2 x 2200) 1/2
= (10000 + 4400) 1/2
= 3 x 7200
= 21600 1/2
The production during first 3 year is 21600
(iii) a4 = a+3d
= 5000 + 3 (2200)
= 5000 + 6600
= 11600 1/2
a7 = a+6d
= 5000 + 6 x 2200
=5000 + 13200
= 18200
a7 - a4 = 18200-11600 = 6600 1/2
37) coordinates of A (2, 3) Alia’s house

coordinates of B (2, 1) Shagun’s house
coordinates of C (4,1) Library
(i) AB = (𝑥 − 𝑥 ) + (𝑦 − 𝑦 )
= (2 − 2) + (1 − 3) 1/2
= (0 + (−2)
𝐴𝐵 = √0 + 4 = √4 = 2 units 1/2
𝐴𝑙𝑖𝑎′𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑛′𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 2 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
(ii) C(4,1), B (2,1)
CB = (2 − 4) + (1 − 1) 1/2
= (−2) + 0
= √4 + 0 = √4 = 2 unit 1/2
(iii) 0(0,0), B(2,1)
OB = (2 − 0) + (1 − 0)
= √2 + 1 = √4 + 1 = √5 units 1
Distance between Alia’s house and Shagun’s house, AB = 2 units
Distance between Library and Shagun’s house, CB = 2 units 1/2
OB is greater than AB and CB, 1/2
For shagun, school [O] is farther than Alia’s house [A] and Library [C]
11
OR
C (4, 1), A(2, 3)
CA = (2 − 4) + (3 − 1)
= (−2) + 2 + = √4 + 4 = √8
= 2√2 units AC2= 8 1
Distance between Alia’s house and Shagun’s house, AB = 2 units
Distance between Library and Shagun’s house, CB = 2 units 1/2
AB2 + BC2 = 22 + 22 = 4 + 4 = 8 = AC2 ½
Therefore A, B and C form an isosceles right triangle.

38)
(i) XY ║PQ and AP is transversal.
∠APD = ∠PAX (alternative interior angles) 1/2
∠APD=45˚ 1/2
(ii) Since XY || PQ and AQ is a transversal
so alternate interior angles are equal
hence ∠YAQ = ∠AQD=30˚ 1/2
(iii) In ∆ 𝐴𝐷𝑃, θ = 45˚
tan 𝜃 =
tan 45˚ = 1/2
PD=100 m
1/2
Boat P is 100 m from the light house 1
OR
In ∆𝐴𝐷𝑄, θ = 30˚
tan 𝜃 = 1/2
tan 30 =
= 1/2
√
DQ = 100√3 m 1
12
Sample Question Paper (2023-24)
Class – X
Basic Mathematics (241)
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs Maximum Marks: 80
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 sourced based/Case Based/passage based/integrated units of
assessment (4 marks each) with sub-parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each
respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 2 marks, 2 Qs
of 3 marks and 2 Questions of 5 marks has been provided. An internal choice has
been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not
stated.
SECTION A
1. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3; where x, y are
prime numbers, then HCF (a,b) is:
a) xy b) xy2 c) x3y3 d) x2y2
2. The LCM of smallest two digit composite number and smallest composite number is:
a) 12 b) 4 c) 20 d) 44
3. If x = 3 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2kx – 6 = 0, then the value of
k is
a) − b) c) 3 d) 2
4. The pair of equations y = 0 and y = -7 has:

a) one solution b) two solutions c) infinitely many solutions d) no solution
5. Value(s) of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 – kx + k = 0 has equal roots is :
a) 0 only b) 4 c) 8 only d) 0,8
6. The distance of the point(3, 5) from x-axis is k units, then k equals:
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 8
7. If in ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR, = = then:
a) ∆PQR ~∆CAB b) ∆PQR ~∆ABC c) ∆CBA ~∆PQR d) ∆BCA ~∆PQR
1
8. Which of the following is NOT a similarity criterion of traingles?
a) AA b) SAS c) AAA d) RHS
9. In figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle
with centre O so that ∠POQ = 110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to
(a) 60° (b) 70° (c) 80° (d) 90°
10. If cos A = then tan A is:
a) b) c) d)
11. If the height of the tower is equal to the length of its shadow, then the angle of
elevation of the sun is _____
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 90°
12. (1 – cos2 A) is equal to
a) sin2 A b) tan2A c) 1 – sin2A d) sec2A
13. The radius of a circle is same as the side of a square. Their perimeters are in the ratio
a) 1:1 b) 2:𝜋 c) 𝜋 : 2 d) √𝜋 : 2
14. The area of the circle is 154cm2. The radius of the circle is
a) 7cm b) 14cm c) 3.5cm d) 17.5cm
15. When a dice is thrown once, the probability of getting an even number less than 4 is
a) 1/4 b) 0 c) 1/2 d) 1/6
16. For the following distribution:
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
10 15 12 20 9
Frequency
The lower limit of modal class is:

a) 15 b) 20 c) 10 d) 5
17. A rectangular sheet of paper 40cm x 22cm, is rolled to form a hollow cylinder of
height 40cm. The radius of the cylinder(in cm) is :
a) 3.5 b) 7 c) d) 5
18. Consider the following frequency distribution:

Class 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
12 10 15 8 11
Frequency
2
The median class is:
a) 6-12 b) 12-18 c) 18-24 d) 24-30
19. Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis.
Reason(R): The x-coordinate of a point on y-axis is zero
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

20. Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150. Then their LCM
is 40.
Reason(R): For any two positive integers a and b, HCF (a, b) x LCM (a, b) = a x b.
SECTION B
21. Find whether the following pair of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent:
3x + 2y = 8
6x – 4y = 9
22. In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB║CD ║ EF,
then prove that = .
3
OR
In figure, if AD = 6cm, DB = 9cm, AE = 8cm and EC = 12cm and ∠ADE

= 48˚. Find ∠ABC.
23. The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5cm from the
centre of the circle is 4cm. Find the radius of the circle.
24. Evaluate: sin2 60˚ + 2tan 45˚ - cos2 30˚.
25. Find the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of two circles of
radii 40cm and 9cm.
OR
A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of
minor segment. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14)
SECTION C
26. Prove that √3 is an irrational number.
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4s2 – 4s + 1 and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and the coefficients.
28. The coach of a cricket team buys 4 bats and 1 ball for Rs. 2050. Later, she buys 3 bats
and 2 balls for 1600. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
OR
A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for
each day thereafter. Saritha paid 27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid
21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each
extra day.
29. A circle touches all the four sides of quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC.
30. Prove that
(cosec 𝜃 - cot 𝜃)2 =
4
OR
Prove that sec A (1 – sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1.
31. A bag contains 6 red, 4 black and some white balls.
(i) Find the number of white balls in the bag if the probability of drawing a white ball is .
(ii) How many red balls should be removed from the bag for the probability of drawing a
white ball to be ?
SECTION D
32. A train travels 360km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5km/h more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
OR
A motor boat whose speed is 18km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24km upstream
than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
33. Prove that If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two
sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
In ΔPQR, S and T are points on PQ and PR respectively. = and ∠PST = ∠PRQ. Prove that
PQR is an isosceles triangle.
34. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder

with two hemispheres stuck at each of its ends.
The length of the entire capsule is 14mm and the
diameter of the capsule is 5mm. Find its surface
area.
OR
A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its
volume. Find approximately how much syrup would be found in
45 gulab jamuns, each shaped like cylinder with two
hemispherical ends with length 5cm and diameter 2.8cm.
5
35. The following table gives the distribution of the life time of 400 neon lamps:
Life time (in hours) Number of lamps
1500-2000 14
2000-2500 56
2500-3000 60
3000-3500 86
3500-4000 74
4000-4500 62
4500-5000 48
Find the average life time of a lamp.

SECTION E
36. CASE STUDY 1
India is competitive manufacturing location due to the

low cost of manpower and strong technical and
engineering capabilities contributing to higher quality
production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory
increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It
produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.
1) In which year, the production is 29,200 sets?
2) Find the production in the 8th year.

OR
Find the production in first 3 years.
3) Find the difference of the production in 7th year and 4th year.
6
37. CASE STUDY 2
Alia and Shagun are friends living on the same street in Patel Nagar. Shagun’s house is at the
intersection of one street with another street on which there is a library. They both study in
the same school and that is not far from Shagun's house. Suppose the school is situated at
the point O, i.e., the origin, Alia's house is at A. Shagun’s house is at B and library is at C.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) How far is Alia's house from Shagun’s house?
(ii) How far is the library from Shagun’s house?

(iii) Show that for Shagun, school is farther compared to Alia’s house and library.
OR
Show that Alia’s house, shagun’s house and library for an isosceles right triangle.
38. CASE STUDY 3
A boy is standing on the top of light house. He observed that boat P and boat Q are
approaching the light house from opposite directions. He finds that angle of depression
of boat P is 45° and angle of depression of boat Q is 30°. He also knows that height of the
light house is 100 m.
7
(i) What is the measure of ∠APD?
(ii) If ∠YAQ = 30°, then ∠AQD is also 30°, Why?

(iii) Find length of PD
OR
Find length of DQ
8
BHARAT RAM GLOBAL SCHOOL
INDIRAPURAM, GHAZIABAD
PRE BOARD EXAMINATION (2023-24)
Time: 3 Hours Class - X Max. Marks: 80
Subject – Mathematics Basic (241)
● This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
● This question paper is divided into five sections - Section- A, B, C, D, and E.
● Section A: Questions 1 to 20 are multiple choice questions of 1 mark each.
● Section B: Questions no. 21 to 25 are very short answer type questions, carrying 2
marks each.
● Section C: Questions no. 26 to 31 are short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks
each.
● Section D: Questions no. 32 to 35 are long answer type questions, carrying 5 marks
each.
● Section E: Question no. 36 to 38 are Case based question of 4 marks.
● 15 minutes is allowed exclusively for reading the question paper and 3 hours for
writing the answers.
Section-A
Q1. If a number x is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1. 0, 1, 2, 3, then
What is the probability of x2 < 4?
4 1 (1)
(a) 7 (b) 7
3 2
(c) 7 (d) 7
Q2.
The zeroes of polynomial p(x ) = ax2 + bx + c are reciprocal of each other if
(a)b=2a (b)c=b (1)
(c)b=a (d)c=a
Q3. If -1 is a zero of the polynomial p(x)= kx2 − 4x + k, the value of k is
(a) –4 (b) –2 (1)
(c) 2 (d) 4
Q4.
Which of the following value of k should be selected so that the pair of
equations x + 2y = 5 and 3x + ky + 15 = 0 has a unique solution?
(a)k≠5 (b)k≠6 (1)
(c)k = 5 (d) k = 6
Q5. The common difference of an AP whose nth term is given by an=5n+3
(a)5 (b)-5 (1)
(c)3 (d)4
Q6. What are the values of x and y for the following pair of linear equations?
99x+ 101y = 499 and 101x+ 9y = 501
(a) 3 and 6 (b) 3 and 2 (1)
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 6 and 3
Q7. The quadratic equation x 2+ 3 x +2 √❑ has
(a) two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots (1)
(c) no real roots (d) more than 2 real roots
Q8. The value of x for which 2x, (x+10) and (3x+2) are the three consecutive
terms of an AP, is
(a) 6 (b) -6 (1)
(c) 18 (d) -18
Q9. What is the value of sin2600 − 2 tan 450 − cos2300 ?
(a)2 (b)-2 (1)
(c)1 (d)-1
Q10. If the sum of the circumferences of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal
to the circumference of a circle of radius R, then
(a) R1+ R2= R (b) R1+ R2 > R (1)
(c) R1+ R2≠ R (d) R1+ R2 < R
Q11. Mean and median of some data are 32 and 30 respectively. By using
empirical formula find the mode.
(a)36 (b)26 (1)
(c)30 (d)20
Q12. One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. The
probability of getting a red king is
1 1 (1)
(a) 52 (b) 26
2 2
(c) 26 (d) 13
Q13. If the perimeter of one face of a cube is 20 cm, then its surface area is
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 150 cm2 (1)
(c) 125 cm2 (d) 400 cm2
Q14. A ladder 10 m long reaches a window 8 m above the ground. The distance of
the foot of the ladder from the base of the wall is ................ m.
(a) 8 m (b) 2 m (1)
(c) 6 m (d) 4 m
Q15. A tree casts a shadow 15 m long on the level of ground, when the angle of
elevation of the sun is 450. The height of a tree is
(a) 10 m (b) 14 m (1)
(c) 8 m (d) 15 m
Q16. If points A( - 3, 12), B( 7 ,6) and C (x, 9) are collinear, then the value of x
is ......... .
(a) 2 (b) 3 (1)
(c) 4 (d) 5
Q17. Consider the following frequency distribution:
The median class is:

(a)6-12 (b)12-18 (1)
(c)18-24 (d)24-30
Q18. A rectangular sheet of paper 40cm x 22cm, is rolled to form a hollow cylinder
of height 40cm. The radius of the cylinder (in cm) is :
(a) 3.5 (b)7 (1)
(c)80/7 (d)5
Q19. Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis. (1)
Reason(R): The x-coordinate of a point on y-axis is zero
Q20. Assertion : The two tangents are drawn to a circle from an external point, (1)
then they subtend equal angles at the centre.
Reason : A parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
(a)Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
(b)Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
(c)Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d)Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
Section-B
Q21. Given that HCF (306, 1314) = 18. Find LCM (306, 1314) (2)
Q22. If α and β are the zeroes of a polynomial x2 − 4 √ 3 x + 3, then find the (2)
value of α + β − αβ.
O
R
If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 14x2 − 42k2x − 9 is
negative of the other, find the value of ‘k ’.
The mid-point of the line-segment AB is P (0, 4), if the coordinates of B are

Q23. (2)
(- 2, 3) then find the co-ordinates of A.
Q24. In the given figure, G is the mid-point of the side PQ of ∆ PQR and GH || (2)
QR. Prove that H is the mid-point of the side PR or the triangle PQR.
OR
In the figure of ∆ ABC, the points D and E are on the sides CA,CB
respectively such thatDE || AB,
AD = 2x, DC = x + 3, BE = 2x − 1 and CE = x. Then, find x.
Q25. The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5cm from the centre of the (2)
circle is 4cm. Find the radius of the circle.
Section-C
Q26. Prove that √3 is an irrational number. (3)
Q27. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability : (3)
(i) that the number on each die is even.

(ii) that the sum of numbers appearing on the two dice is 5.
Q28. Evaluate : (3)
3 tan 2 300 +tan 2 600 +cosec 300 −tan 450
cot 2 45 0
Q29. Prove that the rectangle circumscribing a circle is a square. (3)
Q30. A solid is in the shape of a cone surmounted on a hemisphere. The radius of (3)
each of them being 3.5 cm and the total height of the solid is 9.5 cm. Find
the volume of the solid.
O
R
A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of base diameter 24 m and height 3.5
m. Find the volume of the rice. How much canvas cloth is required to just
cover the heap?
Q31. The mean of the following distribution is 48 and sum of all the frequency is (3)
50. Find the missing frequencies xand y .
Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 8 6 x 11 y
O
R
The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a
locality. Find the mean daily expenditure on food.
Daily 100- 150- 200- 250- 300-

expenditure (in 150 200 250 300 350
<)
Number of 4 5 12 2 2
households
Section-D
Q32. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8 and the difference between (5)
the number and that formed by reversing the digits is 18. Find the number.
OR
The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxis on CNG fuel instead
of petrol/diesel. The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together
with the charge for the distance covered. For a journey of 12 km, the charge
paid is 789 and for journey of 20 km, the charge paid is ₹145. What will a
person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30 km?
Q33. Prove that If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the (5)
other two sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same
ratio.
Q34. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of a 50 m (5)
high building from the top of a tower are 45° and 60°
respectively. Find the height of the tower and the horizontal
distance between the tower and the building, (use √3 = 1.73)
OR
A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above water level,
observes the angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60° and the angle of
depression of the base of hill as 30°. Find the distance of the hill from the ship
and the height of the hill.
Q35. Find the ratio in which the point (-3, k) divides the line segment joining the (5)
points (-5,- 4) , and (-2,3) .Also find the value of k .
Section-E
Q36.
Bequests to Charity : At the time our mother left this Earth, she gave Rs
90000 to her children of birth. This we kept and each year added Rs 30000
more, as a lasting memorial from the children she bore. When Rs 4,20,000
is thusly attained, all goes to charity that her memory be maintained.
(a)What was the balance in the sixth year?
(2)
(b)In what year was the goal of Rs 420,000 met?
(2)
Q37. Eiffel Tower : The Eiffel Tower is a landmark and an early example of
wrought-iron construction on a gigantic scale. The lower section consists of
four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until
they unite in a single tapered tower. Platforms, each with an observation
deck, are at three levels; on the first is also a restaurant.
The tower, constructed of about 7000 tons of iron, has stairs and elevators. A
meteorological station, a radio communications station, and a television
transmission antenna, as well as a suite of rooms that were used by Eiffel are
located near the top of the tower.
(i) For a person 55225132555standing 324 m from the center of the
base of the Eiffel Tower, the angle of elevation to the top of the
tower is 450 . How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
(ii) A car is moving at uniform speed towards the Eiffel tower. It
takes 15 minutes for the angle of depression from the top of tower
to the car to change from 30c to 60c . After how much time after
this, the car will reach the base of the tower?
(2)
(2)
Q38. Double-six Dominos : It is a game played with the 28 numbered tiles shown
in the diagram.
The 28 dominos are placed in a bag, shuffled, and then one domino is
randomly drawn. Give the following answer.
(i) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is
three or less ?
(ii) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is
(1)
greater than three ?
(iii) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino
does not have a blank half ?
(iv) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is (1)
not a “double” (both sides the same) ?
(1)
(1)
Code: KVS(DR)/2023/PB/DK
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN,DELHI REGION
PRE-BOARD-2023-24
CLASS: X SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS BASIC
MM:80 Time:3 Hours
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
General Instructions :
1. This question paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts
of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs of 3
marks and 2 Qs of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the
2 marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = wherever required if not stated.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
SECTION - A One mark each
1 If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a = ? 1
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 1
2 How many zeros are there for the given polynomial? 1
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
3 The nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 – 2x + = 0 is 1
A) Real & distinct B)Real& equal C) Not real D) None of these

4 A circle can have ……….. parallel tangents at the most. 1
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) Infinite
5 Find the 7 term of an AP whose n term is 3n+7
th th 1
A) 20 B) 28 C)24 D) 25
6 For what value of k : 2k, k + 10 and 3k + 2 are in AP ? 1
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
7 In the given figure, the measure of 1
∠Q will be :
A) 600 B) 700 C) 800

D) None of these
8 In the given figure DE BC, Find EC. 1
A) 5 cm
B) 3 cm
C) 2 cm
D) 2.5 cm
9 A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal 1
to 1 cm and the height of the cone is equal to its radius. What will be the volume of the
solid in terms of Π.
A) Π cm3 B) 2Π cm3 C) 3Π cm3 D) 4Π cm3
10 To locate a point Q on line segment AB such that BQ = × AB. What is the ratio of line 1
segment in which AB is divided?
A) 5:7 B) 7:5 C) 2:5 D) 5:2
11 In right triangle ABC, right angled at C, if tan A = 1, then the value of 2 sin A cos A is 1
A) 1 B) 0 C) 2 D) -1
12 The maximum value of is 1
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 d) 3
13 In the figure given below, what are the angles of 1
depression from the observing positions D and E of
the object A?
A)300, 450 B) 600 , 450

C) 45 , 60
0 0 D) none of
these
14 In the figure, PT and TQ are two tangents to the circle with centre O. 1
If ∠POQ = 1100 , then ∠PTQ = ?
A)700 B) 750 C) 800 D) 850
15 The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. What will be the central angle to find the 1
area swept by the minute hand in 10 minutes.
A) 150B) 300 C) 450 D) 600
16 The area of the quadrant of a circle of radius 3.5 cm is : 1
A) B) C) D)
17 The probability of getting an even number on a single throw of a Dice is 1
A) /5 B) /4 C) /2 D) /
18 Consider the following frequency distribution: 1
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 10 8 12 9 11
the lower limit of the modal class is
A) 10 B) 30 C) 40 D) 20
Assertion – Reason Based Questions : In question number 19 & 20, a statement of
Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Choose the correct option out of the
following :
A)Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
C) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false but Reason is true.
19 Assertion: When k = - 4, then linear equation: 2 x + 3y = 5, 4x + 6y = 10 1
have infinitely many solutions.
Reason: a1x + b1y + c1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2 = 0 will have infinitely many solutions if
= =
20 Assertion : If (3, ) is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points (k,0) and (7, ), 1
then the value of k is 0
Reason :The midpoint formula is ( , )
SECTION - B Two marks each
21 Solve 4 x-3 y = 6, and 2x +y =8 and hence find the value of m for which 2y = mx+ 5. 2
22 Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points (4, -3) 2
and (8, 5) in the ratio 3:1 internally?
23 If 5cos =7sin , find the value of 2
OR
Evaluate 2tan2450 +
cos2300 – sin2600
24 Find the length of tangent drawn to a circle with radius 7 cm from a point 25 cm away 2
from the centre.
25 Find the area of the corresponding minor sector of a circle of radius 35 cm and central 2
angle 90°.
OR
A chord of a circle of radius 14cm makes a right angle at the centre. Find the length
of the corresponding minor arc of the circle.
SECTION - C Three marks each
26 Show that is irrational. 3
27 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 6x2 - 3 - 7x and verify the relation between its 3
zeroes and coefficients.
28 Draw the graphs of the equations x - y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y − 12 = 0. Determine the 3
coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x –axis.
OR
If we add 1 to the numerator and subtract 1 from the denominator, a fraction reduces to 1.
It becomes 1/2 if we only add 1 to the denominator. What is the fraction?
29 Prove that secA (1 – sinA) (secA + tanA) = 1 3
30 One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting 3
(i) A king of red colour. ii) A face Card iii)The Queen of Diamonds
31 Prove that the length of tangents drawn from external point to a circle are equal. 3
OR
Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is
supplementary to the angle subtended by the lines segment joining the points of contact at
the centre.
SECTION - D Five marks each
32 A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed 5
on a particular day that the cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than
twice the number of articles produced on that day. If the total cost of production on that
day was ₹90, find the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.
OR
A pole has to be erected at a point on the boundary of a circular park of diameter 13 m in
such a way that the differences of its distances from two diametrically opposite fixed gates
A and B on the boundary is 7 m. Is it possible to do so ? If yes, at what distances from the
two gates should the pole be erected?
33 A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm, which is 5
surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pole
,given that 1cm3 of iron has approximately 8g mass. (use Π = 3.14)
OR
From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of
the same height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the
remaining solid to the nearest cm2.
34 Find the mean and mode for the following data : 5
Classes 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
frequency 5 8 15 20 14 8 5
35 State and Prove the Basic Proportionality Theorem. 5
SECTION - E Four marks each

36 Siya being a plant lover came up with an idea of 1+1+
opening a nursery during the lockdown and she 2
bought a few plants with pots. She wants to place pots
in such a way thatnumber of pots in row one is 3, pots
in row second is 5 and in third is 7 and so on.
Q (i): What is the difference in number of pots increasing per row?

Q (ii): What will be the number of pots in row 5?
Q (iii): If Siya wants to place 120 pots, how many rows will it require?
OR
Find the difference in number of pots placed in third and eighth row.
37 Cartesian coordinate system is considered inside the 1+1+
area of a garden to understand theheights, distances 2
and various other mathematical measurement
parameters.The above positions A, B, C, D, E and F are
for the plants grown in the garden.
Garderner's position is at origin (0,0). He grows the
plant A first, then B, C, D, E and F as according to the
alphabetical manner.
Q (i): Where is the plant F grown?

Q (ii): How far apart are plants A and B grown ?
Q (iii): Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment of plant C and D
in 1:1.
OR
Check whether the plants A, E and F collinear ?
38 A boy 4 m tall spots a pigeon sitting on the top of a
pole of height 54m from the ground. The angle of 1+1+
elevation of the pigeon from the eyes of boy at any 2
instant is 600. The pigeon flies away horizontally in
such a way that it remained at a constant height from
the ground. After 8 seconds, the angle of elevation of
the pigeon from the same point is 45 0. Based on the
above information answer the following questions
(take √3=1.73 )
Q. (i) Find the distance between the boy and the pole.
Q. (ii) If the distance between the positions of pigeon increases, then what will be the
effect on the angle of elevation ?
Q. (iii) Find the distance of first position of the pigeon from the eyes of the boy .
OR
How much distance the pigeon covers in 8 seconds?
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN RAIPUR REGION
SAMPLE PAPER (SESSION 2023-24)
Class – X Subject- Mathematics (BASIC) 241
Maximum Marks – 80 TIME – 3.00 Hrs.
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-
parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs
of 3 marks and 2 Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal
choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required.
SECTION – A
1. The values of x and y in the given figure are: 1
(a) x = 10; y = 14 (b) x = 21; y = 84 (c) x = 21; y = 25 (d) x = 84; y = 21
2. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab2 and q = a3b; a, b being prime 1
numbers, then LCM (p, q) is :
(a) ab (b) a2b2 (c) a3b2 (d) a3b3
3. If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then the lines will be: 1

(a) Parallel (b) Always coincident (c) Intersecting or coincident (d) Always interesting
4. The roots of quadratic equation 2x2 + x + 4 = 0 are: 1
(a) Positive and negative (b) Both Positive (c) Both Negative (d) No real roots
5. Values of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 – kx + k = 0 has equal roots is: 1
(a) 0, 8 (b) 0 only (c) 4 (d) 8 only
6. The distance between the point P(1, 4) and Q(4, 0) is : 1
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3√3
7. The value of the (tan2600 + sin2450) is: 1

1 3 7
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
2 2 2
8. In the given figure, AOB is a diameter of a circle with centre O, The value of tanA.tanB will 1
be:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) √ ❑ (d) 3

9. If a tower 6m high casts a shadow of 2√3 m long on the ground, then the 1
sun’s elevation is:
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 90°
10. In the given figure, DE ∥ BC . Then the value of EC is: 1
(a) 1.5cm (b) 3cm (c) 2cm (d) 1cm

11. If ΔABC and ΔDEF are similar triangles such that ∠A = 57° and ∠E = 83°. Find ∠C. 1
(a) 33⁰ (b) 40⁰ (c) 50⁰ (d) 83⁰
12. In Figure, if PA and PB are tangents to the circle with centre O such that ∠APB = 50°, then 1
∠OAB is equal to :
(a) 25° (b) 30° (c) 40° (d) 50°
13. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre.The area of the sector 1
formed by the arc is:
(a) 200 cm2 (b) 220 cm2 (c) 231 cm2 (d) 250 cm2
14. If the perimeter and the area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of the circle is : 1
(a) 2 units (b) π units (c) 4 units (d) 7 units
15. A solid cylinder of radius r and height h is placed over another cylinder of same height and 1
radius. The total surface area of the shape so formed is :
(a) 4πrh + 4πr2 (b) 2πrh + 4πr2 (c) 2πrh + 2πr2 (d) 4πrh + 2πr2
16. If Arithmetic Mean of a, a+3, a+6, a+9 and a+12 is 10, then a is equal to: 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
17. Consider the following frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a class: 1
Height in cm 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180

No. of students 15 13 10 8 9 5
The difference of the upper limit of the median class and lower limit of the modal class is :
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (c) 20
18. A bag has 4 red balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn from the bag without looking into 1
the bag. What is probability of getting a red ball?
(a) 1/6 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/3 (d) 1
19. Direction : In the question number 19 & 20 , A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a 1
statement of Reason(R) . Choose the correct option
Assertion: The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their
L.C.M. = 162.
Reason: If a and b are two positive integers, then H.C.F. × L.C.M. = a × b.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason(R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason(R) is true.
20. Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis. 1

Reason (R): The x-coordinate on the point on y-axis is zero.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
SECTION-B
21. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 7 and (a + b)x + (2a – b)y = 21 has infinitely many 2
solutions, then find a and b.
22. In Figure, E is a point on side CB produced of an isosceles triangle ABC with AB = AC. If 2
AD ⊥ BC and EF ⊥ AC , prove that ∆ ABD ECF .
OR
In the given figure, AP = 3 cm, AR = 4.5 cm, AQ = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm, AC = 10 cm. Find the
length of AD.
23. 3 1 1 2
If tanA = ,find the value of +
4 sinA cosA
24. In the given figure, AOB is a diameter of the circle with centre O and AC is a tangent to the 2
circle at A. If ∠BOC = 130° , the find ∠ACO.
25. The minute hand of a clock is 12 cm long ,Find the area swept by minute hand in 35 minutes. 2
OR
Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm.
SECTION-C
26. Prove that √5 is an irrational number. 3
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 6x2-3-7x and verify the relationship between the 3
zeroes and the coefficients.
28. In Figure, ABCD is a rectangle. Find the values of x and y: 3
OR
The coach of a cricket team buys 4 bats and 1 ball for Rs. 2050. Later, she buys 3 bats and 2
balls for 1600. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
29. PA and PB are the tangents drawn to a circle with centre O. If PA= 6 cm and ∠ APB=60°, 3
then find the length of the chord AB.
30. If sinθ +cosθ=p∧secθ+ cosecθ=q , show that q ( p 2−1 )=2 p 3

OR
(sinA + cosecA) + (cos A+ sec A) = 7 + tan A+ cot2A
2 2 2
Two dice are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, respectively. They are thrown, and
31. the sum of the numbers on them is noted. Find the probability of getting each sum from 7 to 9 3
separately.
SECTION-D
32. A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a 5
particular day that the cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than twice the
number of articles produced on that day. If the total cost of production on that day was
₹90,find the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.
OR
A train travels 360km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5km/h more, it would have
taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
33. State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem. 5

34. A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with 5
four conical depressions to hold pens. The dimensions of the
cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of
the depressions is 0.5 cm, and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the
volume of wood in the entire stand. (see Fig.).
OR
A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere
from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in figure. If the
height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5
cm, find the total surface area of the article.
35. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if total frequency is 100 : 5
Class 0- 100- 200- 300- 400- 500- 600- 700- 800- 900-
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Frequency 2 5 x 12 17 20 y 9 7 4
SECTION-E
36. In order to conduct Sports Day activities in your school, lines have been drawn with chalk 4
powder at a distance of 1 m each in a rectangular shaped ground ABCD. 100 flower pots have
been placed at the distance of 1 m from each other along AD, as shown in the following
figure. Niharika runs (1/4) th distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a green flag.Preet runs
(1/5) th distance AD on the eighth line and posts a red flag.
Taking A as the origin AB along x-axis and AD along y-axis, answer the following questions:
(i) Find the coordinates of the green flag. (1)
(ii) Find the distance between the two flags. (1)
(iii) If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway between the line segments joining the
two flags, where should she post her flag? (2)
OR
If Joy has to post a flag at one-fourth distance from the green flag, in the line segment
joining the green and red flags, then where should he post his flag? (2)
37. Ravi wants to buy a car and plans to take loan from a bank for his car. He repays his total loan 4
of Rs 1,18,000 by paying every month starting with the first installment of Rs 1000. If he
increases the installment by Rs 100 every month, answer the following:
(a) Calculate the amount paid by him in 30th installment.(1)

(b) What is the amount paid by him in the 30 installments? (1)
(c) What amount does he still have to pay after 30th installments? (2)
OR
If total instalments are 40, then calculate the amount paid in the last installment. (2)
38. Two hoardings are put on two poles of equal height standing on either side of the road. From 4
a point middle of them on the road the angle of elevation of the top of poles are 600 and 300
respectively, Height of poles is 20 m.
(a) Find the length of PO. (1)

(b) Find the length of RO. (1)
(c) Write the trigonometric ratios of 300 ( eg sin300, cos300 etc) (2)
OR
Write the trigonometric ratios of 600 (2)
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BLUEPRINT
Time Allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80
MCQs, A & R SA-I SA-II LA Case Based

S. No. Unit/Chapter Total
(1 mark) (2 marks) (3 marks) (5 marks) (4 marks)
I. Number Systems
1. Real Numbers 3(3) – 1(3) – – 4(6)
II. Algebra
2. Polynomials 2(2) 1(2)* – – –
3. Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables 1(1) – – – 1(4)*
9(20)
4. Quadratic Equations – – 1(3)* – –
5. Arithmetic Progressions 1(1) 1(2) – 1(5)* –
III. Coordinate Geometry
6. Coordinate Geometry 3(3) – 1(3)* – – 4(6)
IV. Geometry
7. Triangles 2(2) 1(2)* – 1(5) 1(4)*
6(15)
8. Circles – 1(2) – – –
V. Trigonometry
9. Introduction to Trigonometry 4(4) – – – –
6(12)
10. Some Applications of Trigonometry – – 1(3) 1(5)* –
VI. Mensuration
11. Areas Related to Circles 1(1) – – – 1(4)*
4(10)
12. Surface Areas and Volumes – 1(2) 1(3) – –
VII. Statistics and Probability
13. Statistics 1(1) – 1(3) – –
5(11)
14. Probability 2(2) – – 1(5) –
Total 20(20) 5(10) 6(18) 4(20) 3(12) 38(80)
*It is a choice based question.
Subject Code : 241 SQP-4
Mathematics - Basic
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 sourced based/Case Based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with
sub-parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 2 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Questions
of 5 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1. In a DXYZ, PQ || YZ such that XP = 2x cm, XQ = (x + 2) cm, YP = (6x – 5) cm, ZQ = (3x + 1) cm, then find
the value of x.
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3/2 (d) 3
2. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(t) = kt2 + 4t + 7k is equal to their product, then find
the value of k.
−4 4 2 −2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
17
3. If secq = , then sin2q – cos2q =
8
15 8 161
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
17 17 289
4. The theoretical probability P(E) of an event E is defined as:
No. of all possible outcomes of the experiment
(a) P (E ) =
No. of outcomes faavourable to E
(b) P(E) = No. of outcomes favourable to E × No. of all possible outcomes of the experiment
No. of favourable outcomes to E
(c) P (E ) =
No. of all possible outcomes of the experiment
(d) None of these
5. LCM of (23 × 3 × 5) and (24 × 5 × 7) is

(a) 1680 (b) 560 (c) 1240 (d) 1120
24 Class 10
6. Find the ratio in which the point (2, y) divides the join of (– 4, 3) and (6, 3).
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 1 : 1
 1
7. If 3x = cosec q and 3/x = cot q, find the value of 3  x 2 − 2  .
 x 
(a) 1/2 (b) 3/4 (c) 1/3 (d) 2/3
8. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3/5 and –1/2, is
1 3
(a) 10x2 + x + 3 (b) 10x2 + x – 3 (c) 10x2 – x + 3 (d) x 2 − x−
10 10
9. If a, (a – 2) and 3a are in A.P., then the value of a is
(a) – 3 (b) – 2 (c) 3 (d) 2
10. The distance between the points (cos q, sin q) and (sin q, – cos q) is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 1
11. Evaluate : cot 30° sec 30° + cos 60°tan 45°
(a) 1/2 (b) 5/2 (c) 3/2 (d) 7/2
12. In the given figure, ∠ABC = 90° and ED ⊥ AC, then DABC is similar to
A
B E C
(a) DCDE (b) DEDC (c) DCED (d) DECD

13. What is the LCM of smallest prime number and the smallest composite number?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
14. If the centroid of the triangle formed by the points (a, b), (b, c) and (c, a) is at the origin, then a3 + b3 + c3 is
equal to
(a) abc (b) 0 (c) a + b + c (d) 3abc
15. The correct relationship is
(a) P (E ) = 1 + P (E ) (b) P (E ) − P (E ) = 1 (c) P (E ) + P (E ) = 1 (d) None of these
16. The median of a data is 20. If each item is increased by 2, the new median will be
(a) 40 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) none of these
17. Evaluate : sin 60° cos 30° + cos 90° sin 60°
(a) 1/4 (b) 5/4 (c) 3/4 (d) 2
18. The prime factorisation of 945 is
(a) 3 × 52 × 7 (b) 23 × 5 × 7 (c) 33 × 5 × 7 (d) 3 × 5 × 72
Direction for questions 19 & 20 : In question numbers 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
19. Assertion (A) : The area of a circle of circumference 18 p units is 81 p sq. units.
Reason (R) : The area of a circle is 'r' times its circumference, where r = radius.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
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20. Assertion (A) : The pair of linear equations 2px + 3y = 7, 2x + y = 6 has exactly one solution for all real
values of p except 5.
a1 b1
Reason (R) : Let a1x + b1y + c1 = 0, and a2x + b2y + c2 = 0 be two linear equations and if ≠ , then the
a2 b2
pair of equations represents unique solution.
SECTION B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.
21. If 4 times the fourth term of an A.P. is equal to 18 times its 18th term, then find its 22nd term.
AR AQ
22. In figure, if PQ || BC and PR || CD. Prove that = .
AD AB
B
Q
A C
P
R
D
OR
AD 3
In a given ∆ABC, DE || BC and = . If AC = 5.6 cm, find AE.
DB 5
D E
B C
23. In the given figure, PQ is the common tangent to both the circles. SR and PT are tangents. If SR = 4 cm,
PT = 7 cm, then find RP.
Q R P
24. Find the zeroes of polynomial 2x2 – 16.

OR
If 1 is a zero of the polynomial ay2 + ay + 3 and y2 + y + b, then find the value of ab.
25. A solid is hemispherical at the bottom and conical from the top. If the surface areas of the two parts are
equal, then find the ratio of its radius and the height of its conical part.
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SECTION C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.
26. A spinning top (lattu) is shaped like a cone surmounted by a hemisphere (see figure). The entire spinning
top is 5 cm in height and the diameter of the spinning top is 3.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the
 22 
spinning top.  Take π = and 13.625 = 3.7
 7 
3.5 cm
5 cm
27. Show that 2 is an irrational number.
28. The mid point of the line segment joining the points A(–12, 6) and B(–4, 2) lies on the line segment joining
the points C(–11, –6) and D(–6, y). Find the ratio in which P divides CD. Also find the value of y.
OR
Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, –5) and (6, –3).
29. An electrician has to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 5 m. He has to reach A
a point 1.3 m below the top of the pole to undertake the repair work(see figure).
What should be the length of the ladder that he should use which, when inclined at B
an angle of 60° to the horizontal, would enable him to reach the required position?
Also, how far from the foot of the pole he should place the foot of the ladder?
[Take 3 = 1.73]. D C
30. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/hr more, then it would have taken
1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
OR
The sum of the reciprocals of Rehman’s ages, (in years) 3 years ago and 5 years from now is 1/3. Find his
present age.
31. If the median of the following distribution is 46, then find the missing frequencies p and q.
Class-interval 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 Total
Frequency 12 30 p 65 q 25 18 230
SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.
32. A box contains cards bearing number from 6 to 70. If one card is drawn at random from the box, find the
probability that it bears
(i) a one digit number.
(ii) a number divisible by 5.
(iii) an odd number less than 30.
(iv) a composite number between 50 and 70.
33. If the pth, qth and nth terms of an A.P. be a, b, c respectively, then show that a(q – r) + b(r – p) + c (p – q) = 0.
OR
If a, b, c are in A.P., show that
1 1 1
(i) , , are in A.P.
bc ca ab
(ii) a2 (b + c), b2 (c + a), c2 (a + b) are in A.P.
34. If AD and PM are medians of triangles ABC and PQR, respectively where, ∆ABC ~ ∆PQR, prove that
AB AD
= .
PQ PM
35. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree standing on
the opposite bank is 60°. When he moves 40 metres away from the bank, he finds the angle of elevation to
be 30°. Find the height of the tree and width of the river.
OR
A boy is standing on the ground and flying a kite with a string of length 150 m at an angle of elevation of
30°, another boy is standing on the roof of a 25 m high building and is flying his kite at an elevation of 45°.
Both the boys are on opposite sides of both the kites. Find the length of the string (in metres) corrected to
two decimal places, that the second boy must have so that the two kites meet.
(Use 2 = 1.4142)
SECTION E
Case study based questions are compulsory.
36. Case Study – 1
Anil went for a walk in the evening near railway track with his father who is an expert in mathematics.
He told Anil that path of train A is given by equation x + 2y = 4 and path of train B is given by equation
2x + 4y = 12 and put some question to Anil.
Based on the above information answer the following questions.

(i) Find the intersection of the x-axis and y-axis for the equation x + 2y = 4.
(ii) Find the intersection of the x-axis and y-axis for the equation 2x + 4y = 12.
(iii) Represent the equations, x + 2y = 4 and 2x + 4y = 12 graphically.
OR
Find the coordinates of point of intersection of two given equations.
In the figure given below, Mr Surjeet has his office located at A and his house located at B. Surjeet drives his
car two days in a week and rides his cycle the remaining 3 days to go to his office. AOB is a sector of a circle
with centre O and central angle 60°, with radius 3.5 km. Path AOB is the route for driving by car and path
ACB is a cycle-only track.
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O
60°
m k
3.5
A B
C
Based on the above information answer the following questions.
(i) Find the total distance travelled by Surjeet through the car in a week.
(ii) Find the total distance travelled by Surjeet through the cycle in a week.
(iii) Find the area of region AOB.
OR
If the cost of fuel for the car is ` 15 per km, then find the total cost of fuel for 1 week and for 2 weeks.
An aeroplane observes angle of opposite points on the two banks of a river to be 45° and 60°. The altitude
of aeroplane is 300 m.
X A Y
45° 60°
300 m
B D C

(i) Find the value of BD.
(ii) Find the value of CD.
(iii) Find the width of the river and ∠B.
OR
If the distance between aeroplane and point C is 250 3 , then find the altitude of the aeroplane and ∠C .
Self Evaluation Sheet
Once you complete SQP-4, check your answers with the given solutions and fill your marks in the
marks obtained column according to the marking scheme. Performance Analysis Table given at the
bottom will help you to check your readiness.
Q.No. Chapter Marks Per Question Marks Obtained

1 Triangles 1
2 Polynomials 1
3 Introduction to Trigonometry 1
4 Probability 1
5 Real Numbers 1
6 Coordinate Geometry 1
8 Polynomials 1
9 Arithmetic Progressions 1
12 Triangles 1
13 Real Numbers 1
15 Probability 1
16 Statistics 1
18 Real Numbers 1
19 Areas Related to Circles 1
20 Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables 1
21 Arithmetic Progressions 2
22 Triangles / Triangles 2
23 Circles 2
24 Polynomials / Polynomials 2
25 Surface Areas and Volumes 2
26 Surface Areas and Volumes 3
27 Real Numbers 3
28 Coordinate Geometry / Coordinate Geometry 3
29 Some Applications of Trigonometry 3
30 Quadratic Equations / Quadratic Equations 3
31 Statistics 3
32 Probability 5
33 Arithmetic Progressions / Arithmetic Progressions 5
34 Triangles 5
35 Some Applications of Trigonometry / Some Applications of Trigonometry 5
36 Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables 1+1+2
37 Areas Related to Circles 1+1+2
38 Triangles 1+1+2
Total 80 ..............
Percentage ..............%
Performance Analysis Table
> 90% You are done! Keep on revising to maintain the position.
81-90% You have to take only one more step to reach the top of the ladder. Practise more.
71-80% A little bit of more effort is required to reach the ‘Excellent’ bench mark.
61-70% Revise thoroughly and strengthen your concepts.
51-60% Need to work hard to get through this stage.
40-50% Try hard to boost your average score.
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SQP 4 SOLUTIONS
1. (a) : In DXYZ, PQ || YZ  3 1 1
XP XQ 8. (d) : Sum of zeroes =  −  = and product of
\ = (By basic proportionality theorem)  5 2  10
PY QZ 3  −1  −3
zeroes = ×   = .
X
m
5  2  10
2x
cm 2) c
(x + 1 3
Required polynomial is x 2 − x−
(6x P Q 10 10
–5 ) cm
) cm +1
(3x
9. (b) : Since a, (a – 2), 3a are in A.P., we have
Y Z
(a – 2) – a = 3a – (a – 2) ⇒ – 2 = 2a + 2 ⇒ a = – 2
2x x+2 10. (b) : Required distance
⇒ =
6 x − 5 3x + 1
= (sin θ − cos θ)2 + (− cos θ − sin θ)2
⇒ (2x) (3x + 1) = (x + 2) (6x – 5)
⇒ 6x2 + 2x = 6x2 + 12x – 5x – 10 = sin2 θ − 2 sin θ cos θ + cos2 θ + cos2 θ + 2 sin θ cos θ + sin2 θ
⇒ 5x = 10 ⇒ x = 2
= 1+1 = 2
2. (a) : Let a and b be the zeroes of polynomial f(t)
= kt2 + 4t + 7k 11. (b) : We have, cot 30°sec 30° + cos 60°tan 45°
−4 7k
Then, α + β = , αβ = =7 2 1 1 5
k k = 3× + ×1 = 2 + =
3 2 2 2
−4 −4
Since, a + b = ab, =7 ⇒ k= .
k 7 12. (b) : In DABC and DEDC,
17 8 ∠ABC = ∠EDC = 90° [Given]
3. (d) : Given, secq = ⇒ cosq =
8 17 ∠ACB = ∠ECD[Common]
2
(8) 225 \ DABC ~ DECD [By AA similarity criterion]
Now, sin2q = 1 – cos2q = 1 – 2
=
(17) 289
13. (b) : Smallest prime number = 2
225 64 161 Smallest composite number = 4
\ sin2q – cos2q = − =
289 289 289 \ LCM (2, 4) = 4
4. (c)
a+b+c
14. (d) : = 0 ⇒ a +b + c = 0.
5. (a) : LCM = 24 × 3 × 5 × 7 = 16 × 3 × 5 × 7 = 1680 3
6. (c) : Let the required ratio be k : 1 \ a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc.
6k − 4 × 1 3 15. (c) : P ( E ) + P ( E ) = 1
Then, 2 = ⇒k=
k +1 2
16. (c) : Since median is the middle most item and each
3
\ The required ratio is : 1 that is 3 : 2. item is increased by 2, the new median will be 20 + 2 = 22.
2
17. (c) : We have, sin 60° cos 30° + cos 90° sin 60°
cosec θ
7. (c) : We have, 3x = cosec θ ⇒ x = ...(i)
3 3 3 3 3 3
= × +0× = +0 =
3 1 cot θ 2 2 2 4 4
and = cot θ ⇒ = ...(ii)
x x 3 18. (c) : The prime factorisation of 945 is,
 1  cosec θ cot θ  2 2 945 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 7 = 33 × 5 × 7
∴ 3  x2 − 2  = 3  −  [Using (i) and (ii)]
 x   9 9  19. (c) : Let r be the radius of circle.
3 1 Now, circumference of circle = 18 p[Given]
= [cosec2 θ − cot 2 θ] = [∵ cosec2 θ − cot 2 θ = 1] ⇒ 2pr = 18p ⇒ r = 9 units
9 3
\ Area of circle = pr2 = p(9)2 = 81p sq. units 16.8
r ⇒ 8AE = 16.8 ⇒ AE = cm = 2.1 cm
Area of circle = pr2 = (2pr) ⋅ 8
2
r 23. Here, PT = PQ [Q Tangents drawn from an external
⇒ Area of circle is times its circumference point to a circle are equal.]
2
Hence, Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false. \ PQ = 7 cm
Also, SR = QR \ QR = 4 cm
20. (d) : The given equations are 2px + 3y = 7 and 2x + y = 6 Now, RP = PQ – QR = 7 – 4 = 3 cm
has exactly one solution i.e., they are intersecting lines. 24. For zeroes, put 2x2 – 16 = 0
Here, a1 = 2p, b1 = 3, c1 = –7 and a2 = 2, b2 = 1, c2 = –6 16
⇒ 2x2 = 16 ⇒ x2 = ⇒ x = ± 8 = ±2 2
a1 2 p b 3 2
Now, = = p, 1 =
a2 2 b2 1 Hence, zeroes of 2x2 – 16 are 2 2 and −2 2
Since, the lines are intersecting.
OR
a1 b1
\ ≠ ⇒p≠3 Given, 1 is the zero of ay2 + ay + 3 and y2 + y + b
a2 b2
∴ y = 1 will satisfy these expressions.
Hence, there will be a solution for all real values of p except 3.
i.e., a(1)2 + a × 1 + 3 = (1)2 + 1 + b = 0
Hence, Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
⇒ 2a + 3 = 0 and 2 + b = 0 ⇒ a = –3/2 and b = – 2
21. Let a and d be the first term and common difference 3
respectively of an A.P. ∴ ab = − × (−2) = 3
2
Given, 4a4 = 18(a18) 25. The surface area of the cone is equal to surface area of
⇒ 4(a + 3d) = 18(a + 17d) the hemisphere (given)
⇒ 4a + 12d = 18a + 306d
⇒ 14a + 294d = 0 h
⇒ 14a = –294d or a = –21d ...(i)
Now, a22 = a + (22 – 1)d = a + 21d = –21d + 21d = 0 r
[From (i)]
22. In ∆ABC, we have
PQ || BC [Given] ∴ πrl = 2πr2 ⇒ l = 2r ⇒ r 2 + h2 = 2r
Therefore, by basic proportionality theorem, we have ∴ r2 + h2 = 4r2 ⇒ 3r2 = h2
AQ AP
= ...(1) ⇒ r : h = 1: 3
AB AC
26. We have, radius of hemispherical part of the spinning
In ∆ACD, we have PR || CD 3. 5
Therefore, by basic proportionality theorem, we have top= radius of conical part = r = cm
2
AP AR 3. 5
= ...(2) Height of the conical part (h) = 5 − = 3.25 cm
AC AD 2
AQ AR
From (1) and (2), we get = Slant height of the conical part (l) = r 2 + h2
AB AD
OR 2
 3. 5 
In ∆ABC, we have =   + (3.25)2 = 3.7 cm
 2 
DE || BC
Total surface area of the spinning top = Curved surface area
AD AE
∴ = [By B.P.T.] of hemispherical part + Curved surface area of conical part
DB EC
= 2pr2 + prl = pr(2r + l)
AD AE
⇒ = 22 3.5  3. 5 
DB AC − AE = × 2× + 3. 7 
7 2  2 
3 AE
⇒ = [ AC = 5.6 cm] 22 3.5
5 5.6 − AE = × × 7.2 = 39.6 cm2 .
7 2
⇒ 3 (5.6 – AE) = 5AE ⇒ 16.8 – 3AE = 5AE
27. Let us assume that 2 is a rational number.
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So, we can find integers a and b (b ≠ 0 and a, b are co-prime) Now, AP : PB = 1 : 2 and AQ : QB = 2 : 1
such that Thus, P divides AB in the ratio 1 : 2.
2 = a/b Using section formula, we have
coordinates of point P
⇒ 2b = a
Squaring both sides, we get  1(6) + 2(4) 1(−3) + 2(−5) 
= , 
2b2 = a2....(i)  2+1 2+1
\ 2 divides a2 ⇒ 2 divides a....(ii)  6 + 8 −3 − 10   14 −13 
= ,  = ,
\ a can be written as 2m, where m is an integer.  3 3   3 3 
Putting a = 2m in (i), we get
 14 −13 
2b2 = (2m)2 ⇒ 2b2 = 4m2 So, coordinates of P are  , .
 3 3 
⇒ b2 = 2m2
Also, Q divides AB in the ratio 2 : 1.
\ 2 divides b2 ⇒ 2 divides b....(iii)
Using section formula, we have
From (ii) and (iii), 2 is a common factor of a and b
coordinates of point Q
which contradicts the fact that a and b are co-prime.
 2(6) + 1(4) 2(−3) + 1( −5) 
\ Our supposition that 2 is rational is wrong. = , 
 2+1 2+1 
Hence, 2 is irrational.
28. Let the coordinates of point P be (x1, y1).  4 + 12 −5 − 6 
= , 
As P is the midpoint of AB  3 3 
−12 − 4 −16 6+2 8  16 −11 
So, x1 = = = − 8 and y1 = = =4 = ,
2 2 2 2  3 3 
Coordinates of point P is (–8, 4).  16 −11 
So, coordinates of Q are  , .
Let P(–8, 4) divides CD in the ratio k : 1  3 3 
−11 − 6k
Using section formula, we have −8 = 29. In figure, the electrician is required to reach the point
k +1
B on the pole AD.
C(–11, –6)
A
B
k
A P (x 1, y 1) B 60°
(–12, 6) (–4, 2) D C
1
D (–6, y) So, BD = AD – AB = (5 – 1.3) m = 3.7 m
Here, BC represents the ladder. We need to find its length,
⇒ –8k – 8 = –11 – 6k ⇒ –2k = –3
i.e., the hypotenuse of the right triangle BDC.
3
⇒ k= In right DBDC, we have
2
3 ky − 6 BD 3 3. 7
The required ratio is : 1 that is 3 : 2 and 4 = sin 60° = ⇒ =
2 k +1 BC 2 BC
⇒ ky – 6 = 4k + 4 3. 7 × 2
∴ BC = = 4.27 m (Approx.)
 3 3
3 3 ∵ k = 
⇒ y −6= 4× + 4 2 i.e., the length of the ladder should be 4.27 m.
2 2
3 3 DC 1
⇒ y − 6 = 6 + 4 ⇒ y = 16 Now, = cot 60° =
2 2 BD 3
3. 7
2 × 16 32 i.e., DC = = 2.14 m (Approx.)
⇒ y= = 3
3 3
OR Therefore, he should place the foot of the ladder at a distance
Let P and Q be the points of trisection of AB. of 2.14 m from the pole.
\ AP = PQ = QB A(4,–5) P Q B(6,–3) 30. Let the speed of the train = s km/hr
Distance covered = 360 km

Distance 360 50-60 q 107 + p + q
Time taken = = hours
Speed s
60-70 25 132 + p + q
In other case, speed = (s + 5) km/hr
Distance 360 70-80 18 150 + p + q
\ Time taken = = hours
Speed s+5 Total ∑fi = 230
360 360 Since, median = 46, which lies in the interval 40-50,
According to the condition, − =1
s s+5 therefore its median class is 40-50.
⇒ 360s + 1800 – 360s = s(s + 5)
So, l = 40, n = 230, c.f. = 42 + p, f = 65, h = 10
⇒ 1800 = s2 + 5s ⇒ s2 + 5s – 1800 = 0
s2 + 45s – 40s – 1800 = 0 n 
− c. f .
2 
⇒ (s + 45)(s – 40) = 0 ⇒ s = –45, 40 Now, median = l +   × h
 f
⇒ s = 40, as speed can't be negative.
\ The speed of the train = 40 km/hr.  230 
− (42 + p)
 2 
OR ∴ 46 = 40 +   × 10
 65
Let the present age of Rehman = x years
\ 3 years ago Rehman’s age = (x – 3) years (115 − 42 − p)
⇒ 6= × 10
5 years later Rehman’s age = (x + 5) years 65
⇒ 39 = 73 – p ⇒ p = 34...(i)
Now, according to the condition,
Also, 150 + p + q = 230
1 1 1 (x + 5) + (x − 3) 1
+ = ⇒ = ⇒ 150 + 34 + q = 230 (Using (i))
x −3 x +5 3 (x − 3)(x + 5) 3
⇒ q = 230 – 184 ⇒ q = 46
⇒ 3[x + 5 + x – 3] = (x – 3)(x + 5)
\ Missing frequencies are 34 and 46.
⇒ 3[2x + 2] = x2 + 2x – 15 ⇒ 6x + 6 = x2 + 2x – 15
⇒ x2 + 2x – 6x – 15 – 6 = 0 ⇒ x2 – 4x – 21 = 0 …(1) 32. Total number of possible outcomes = 65
Now, comparing (1) with ax2 + bx + c = 0, we have a = 1, (i) Cards having one digit number are 6, 7, 8 and 9.
b = –4, c = –21 ⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 4
\ b2 – 4ac = (–4)2 – 4(1)(–21) = 16 + 84 = 100 4
\ P(a one digit number ) =
65
−b ± b2 − 4ac (ii) Numbers divisible by 5 are 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,
Since, x =
2a 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70.
−(−4) ± 100 4 ± 10 ⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 13
⇒ x= =
2(1) 2 13 1
\ P(a number divisible by 5) = =
4 + 10 14 65 5
Taking positive sign, we have x = = =7
2 2
(iii) Odd numbers less than 30 are 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19,
4 − 10 −6 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29.
Taking negative sign, we have x = = = −3
2 2 ⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 12
Since age cannot be negative,
\ x ≠ –3 ⇒ x = 7 12
\ P(an odd number less than 30) =
So, the present age of Rehman = 7 years. 65
31. The cumulative frequency table for the given data can (iv) Composite numbers between 50 and 70 are 51, 52, 54,
be drawn as : 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68 and 69.
⇒ Number of favourable outcomes = 15
Class-interval Frequency (fi) Cumulative
frequency (c.f.) 15 3
\ P(a composite number between 50 and 70) = =
65 13
10-20 12 12 33. Let x be the first term and d be the common difference
20-30 30 42 of the given A.P. Then
30-40 p 42 + p tp = x + (p – 1)d, tq = x + (q – 1)d
and tr = x + (r – 1)d
40-50 65 107 + p
\ x + (p – 1)d = a…(1)
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x + (q – 1)d = b…(2) And ∠B = ∠Q ⇒ ∠ABD = ∠PQM...(4)
x + (r – 1)d = c…(3) ∴ From (3) and (4), we have
On multiplying (1) by (q – r), (2) by (r – p) and (3) by (p – q) ∆ABD ~ ∆PQM
and adding, we get ∴ Their corresponding sides are proportional.
a(q – r) + b(r – p) + c(p – q) AB AD
⇒ = .
= x (q – r + r – p + p – q) + d[(p – 1) (q – r) + (q – 1) (r – p) PQ PM
+ (r – 1) (p – q)] = x × 0 + d × 0 35. Let AB be the tree of height h metres standing on the
bank of a river. Let C be the position of the person standing
Hence, a(q – r) + b(r – p) + c(p – q) = 0.
on the opposite bank of the river such that BC = x metres.
OR Let D be the new position of the person. It is given that
(i) Given a, b, c are in A.P. CD = 40 m and the angles of elevation of the top of the tree
⇒ b – a = c – b…(1) at C and D are 60° and 30° respectively.
1 1 1 In right DABC, A
Now, if , , are in A.P.,
bc ca ab AB
tan 60° =
1 1 1 1 b−a c −b BC
then − = − ⇒ = ⇒b–a=c–b hm
ca bc ab ca abc abc h
⇒ tan 60° =
x 30° 60°
This is true from (1). h D C B
⇒ 3= 40 m xm
1 1 1 x
Hence, , , are in A.P.
bc ca ab h
⇒ x= ...(i)
(ii) Let a2(b + c), b2(c + a), c2(a + b) are in A.P. 3
⇒ a2(b + c) + abc, b2(c + a) + abc, c2(a + b) + abc are in A.P. In right DDBA,
[Adding abc to each term] AB
tan 30° =
⇒ a(ab + ac + bc), b(bc + ab + ac), c(ca + cb + ab) are in A.P. BD
⇒ a, b, c are in A.P. 1 h
⇒ = ⇒ 3h = x + 40 ...(ii)
[Dividing each term by (ab + bc + ca)] 3 x + 40
This is given to be true. h
Substituting x = from (i) in (ii), we get
\ a2(b + c), b2(c + a), c2(a + b) are in A.P. 3
34. We have ∆ABC ~ ∆PQR such that AD and PM are the h h
3h = + 40 ⇒ 3h − = 40
medians corresponding to the sides BC and QR respectively. 3 3
A 3h − h 2h
⇒ = 40 ⇒ = 40
3 3
P
⇒ h = 20 3 = 20 × 1.73 = 34.6
Substituting the value, h = 20 3 in (i), we get
B C Q R
D M 20 3
x= = 20.
∆ABC ~ ∆PQR 3
Hence, the height of the tree is 34.6 m and width of the river
And the corresponding sides of similar triangles are
is 20 m.
proportional.
AB BC CA OR
∴ = = ...(1) Let A be the position of first boy and D be the position of
PQ QR RP
kite. Let QD be the vertical height of the kite.
Corresponding angles are also equal in two similar
D
triangles.
∴ ∠A = ∠P, ∠B = ∠Q and ∠C = ∠R ...(2)
150 m 45°
Since, AD and PM are medians. P B
∴ BC = 2BD and QR = 2QM
25 m
AB 2 BD BD 30°
∴ From (1), = = ...(3) A
PQ 2QM QM Q C

AD is the string i.e., AD = 150 m, ∠DAQ = 30° 37. (i) In a week Surjeet drives his car 2 days.
DQ Total distance travelled by Surjeet through car
Now in right DAQD, sin 30° =
AD = 2 × 3.5 × 4 = 28 km
1 DQ 150 (ii) In a week Surjeet rides his cycle 3 days
⇒ = ⇒ DQ = = 75 m ...(i)
2 150 2 Total distance travelled by Surjeet through cycle
Let B be the position of second boy and BP be the roof. So, = Length of arc ACB × 6
PQ = BC = 25 m
θ 60° 22
Second kite meets the first kite at D and ∠DBP = 45° = × 2πr × 6 = ×2× × 3.5 × 6 = 22 km
360° 360° 7
DP = DQ – PQ = 75 – 25 = 50 m [Using (i)]
θ
DP (iii) Area of region AOB = × πr 2
In right DDPB, sin 45° = 360°
DB
60° 22
⇒
1
=
50
⇒ DB = 50 2 = 50 (1.4142) = 70.71 = × × (3.5)2 = 6.42 km2
360° 7
2 DB
OR
Hence, required length of the string is 70.71 m.
Total cost of fuel for a week = ` 15 × 28 = ` 420
36. (i) At x-axis, y = 0 \ x + 2y = 4 ⇒ x = 4
Total distance travelled by Surjeet through car for two weeks
At y-axis, x = 0 \ x + 2y = 4 ⇒ y = 2
= 28 × 2 = 56 km
\ Required coordinates are (4, 0), (0, 2).
Total cost of fuel for 2 weeks = ` 15 × 56 = ` 840
(ii) At x-axis, y = 0 \ 2x + 4y = 12 ⇒ 2x = 12
⇒ x=6 AD 300
38. (i) In DABD, tan 45° = ⇒1=
At y-axis, x = 0 \ 2x + 4y = 12 ⇒ 4y = 12 BD BD
⇒ y=3 ⇒ BD = 300 m
\ Required coordinates are (6, 0), (0, 3). A
X Y
45° 60°
(iii) x + 2y = 4 ...(i)
Table –1 300 m
x 0 4 45° 60°
y 2 0 B D C
2x + 4y = 12 ...(ii)
(ii) In DADC, tan 60° = AD ⇒ 3 = 300
Table –2 CD CD
x 0 6 300
⇒ CD = m
y 3 0 3
y (iii) Width of the river = BD + CD
300  1 
4 = 300 + = 300 1 +  m,
3  3
(0, 3)
3 ∠XAB = 45° [Given]
2x
+4
y= \ ∠ABD = 45° ⇒ B = 45°
2 12
(0, 2) x+
2y OR
=4
1
AD
(6, 0) In DADC, sin60° =
x AC
O 1 2 3 4 5 6
(4, 0) 3 AD
⇒ = ⇒ AD = 375 m
OR 2 250 3
Since, lines are parallel, \ Point of inter section of these ∠YAC = 60° [Given]
lines can’t be determined. \ ∠ACD = 60° ⇒ ∠C = 60°
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Page 1 Sample Paper 01 Mathematics Basic Class 10
Sample Paper 01
Class- X Exam - 2023-24
Mathematics - Basic
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80

2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts.
of 2 marks has been provided.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = 227 wherever required if not stated.
Section - A
1. If a number x is chosen at random from the numbers - 3 , - 2 , - 1. 0, 1, 2, 3, then What is the probability of
x2 < 4 ?
(a) 74 (b) 73 (c) 71 (d) 72
2. The number 757 will have -

(a) non-terminating repeating decimal expansion. (b) terminating decimal expansion.
(c) non-terminating non repeating decimal expansion. (d) terminating non repeating decimal expansion
3. If α and β are the roots of ax2 − bx + c = 0 (a ! 0), then value of α + β is

(a) ab (b) ab (c) 2ba (d) a
2b
4. The zeroes of polynomial p ^x h = ax2 + bx + c are reciprocal of each other if

(a) b = 2a (b) c = b (c) b = a (d) c = a
5. If - 1 is a zero of the polynomial p ^x h = kx2 − 4x + k, the value of k is

(a) –4 (b) –2 (c) 2 (d) 4
6. Which of the following value of k should be selected so that the pair of equations x + 2y = 5 and 3x + ky + 15 = 0
has a unique solution ?
(a) k ! 5 (b) k ! 6 (c) k = 5 (d) k = 6
7. What are the values of x and y for the following pair of linear equations ?
99x + 101y = 499 and 101x + 99y = 501
(a) 3 and 6 (b) 3 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 6 and 3
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8. The quadratic equation x2 + 3x + 2 2 = 0 has

(a) two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots (c) no real roots (d) more than 2 real roots
9. The famous mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural numbers is
(a) Pythagoras (b) Newton (c) Gauss (d) Euclid
10. The value of x for which 2x, (x + 10) and (3x + 2) are the three consecutive terms of an AP, is
(a) 6 (b) - 6 (c) 18 (d) - 18
11. A ladder 10 m long reaches a window 8 m above the ground. The distance of the foot of the ladder from the base
of the wall is ................ m.
(a) 8 m (b) 2 m (c) 6 m (d) 4 m
12. If points A (- 3, 12), B (7, 6) and C (x, 9) are collinear, then the value of x is ......... .
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
13. sin2 60c − 2 tan 45c − cos2 30c = ?

(a) 2 (b) –2 (c) 1 (d) –1
14. The value of sin2 41º + sin2 49º will be

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 3
15. A tree casts a shadow 15 m long on the level of ground, when the angle of elevation of the sun is 45c. The height
of a tree is
(a) 10 m (b) 14 m (c) 8 m (d) 15 m
16. If the sum of the circumferences of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the circumference of a circle of
radius R , then
(a) R1 + R2 = R (b) R1 + R2 > R (c) R1 + R2 > R (d) R1 + R2 < R
17. If the perimeter of one face of a cube is 20 cm, then its surface area is
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 150 cm2 (c) 125 cm2 (d) 400 cm2
18. If xi ’s are the mid-points of the class intervals of grouped data, f i ’s are the corresponding frequencies and x is the
mean, then / (f i xi - x ) is equal to
(a) 0 (b) - 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
19. Assertion : The values of x are - a2 , a for a quadratic equation 2x2 + ax − a2 = 0 .

Reason : For quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
2
x = − b ! b − 4ac
2a

20. Assertion : The two tangents are drawn to a circle from an external point, then they subtend equal angles at the
centre.
Reason : A parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
Section - B
21. Given that HCF (306, 1314) = 18. Find LCM (306, 1314)
22. If α and β are the zeroes of a polynomial x2 − 4 3 x + 3, then find the value of α + β − αβ .
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If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f ^x h = 14x2 − 42k2 x − 9 is negative of the other, find the value of ‘k ’.
23. The mid-point of the line-segment AB is P (0, 4), if the coordinates of B are (- 2, 3) then find the co-ordinates
of A.
24. In the given figure, G is the mid-point of the side PQ of TPQR and GH || QR. Prove that H is the mid-point of
the side PR or the triangle PQR.
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In the figure of TABC, the points D and E are on the sides CA, CB respectively such that DE || AB,
25. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability :

Section - C
26. Write the smallest number which is divisible by both 306 and 657.
27. TABC and TBDE are two equilateral triangle such that D is the mid-point of BC . Ratio of the areas of triangles
ABC and BDE is ................. .
28. Evaluate :
3 tan2 30º + tan2 60º + cosec 30º − tan 45º
cot2 45º
29. Prove that the rectangle circumscribing a circle is a square.
30. A solid is in the shape of a cone surmounted on a hemisphere. The radius of each of them being 3.5 cm and the
total height of the solid is 9.5 cm. Find the volume of the solid.
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A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of base diameter 24 m and height 3.5 m. Find the volume of the rice. How
much canvas cloth is required to just cover the heap?
31. The mean of the following distribution is 48 and sum of all the frequency is 50. Find the missing frequencies x
and y .
Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

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The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a locality. Find the mean daily expenditure
on food.
Daily expenditure (in <) 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350

Number of households 4 5 12 2 2
Section - D
32. Find the values of k for which the equation ^3k + 1h x2 + 2 ^k + 1h x + 1 has equal roots. Also find the roots.
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A person on tour has < 4200 for his expenses. If he extends his tour for 3 days, he has to cut down his daily
expenses by < 70. Find the original duration of the tour.
33. Prove that the point ^3, 0h , ^6, 4h and ^- 1, 3h are the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle.
34. In figure, a circle with centre O is inscribed in a quadrilateral ABCD such that, it touches the sides BC , AB,
AD and CD at points P, Q, R and S respectively. If AB = 29 cm, AD = 23 cm, +B = 90c and DS = 5 cm, then
find the radius of the circle (in cm).
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Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of
the circle.
35. In Figure, a square OABC is inscribed in a quadrant OPBQ . If OA = 15 cm , find the area of the shaded region.
(Use π = 3.14 ).
Section - E
36. Bequests to Charity : At the time our mother left this Earth, she gave Rs 90000 to her children of birth. This we
kept and each year added Rs 30000 more, as a lasting memorial from the children she bore. When Rs 4,20,000 is
thusly attained, all goes to charity that her memory be maintained.
(i) What was the balance in the sixth year?
(ii) In what year was the goal of Rs 420,000 met?
37. Eiffel Tower : The Eiffel Tower is a landmark and an early example of wrought-iron construction on a gigantic
scale. The lower section consists of four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until
they unite in a single tapered tower. Platforms, each with an observation deck, are at three levels; on the first is
also a restaurant.
The tower, constructed of about 7000 tons of iron, has stairs and elevators. A meteorological station, a radio
communications station, and a television transmission antenna, as well as a suite of rooms that were used by Eiffel
are located near the top of the tower.

(i) For a person standing 324 m from the center of the base of the Eiffel Tower, the angle of elevation to the
top of the tower is 45c . How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
(ii) A car is moving at uniform speed towards the Eiffel tower. It takes 15 minutes for the angle of depression
from the top of tower to the car to change from 30c to 60c . After how much time after this, the car will
reach the base of the tower?
38. Double-six Dominos : It is a game played with the 28 numbered tiles shown in the diagram.
The 28 dominos are placed in a bag, shuffled, and then one domino is randomly drawn. Give the following answer.
(i) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is three or less ?
(ii) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is greater than three ?
(iii) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino does not have a blank half ?
(iv) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is not a “double” (both sides the same) ?
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Sample Paper 02
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The graph of y = p (x), where p (x) is a polynomial in variable x , is as follows.
The number of zeroes of p (x) is .......... .

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
2. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3 x2 − 8x + 4 3 are

1 1 2
(a) 2 3 and 3 (b) 2 3 and 3
(c) 3
and 3 (d) 3
and 2 3
3. Select the quadratic polynomial p ^x h with 3 and - 25 as sum and product of its zeroes, respectively.
(a) x2 - 3x - 25 (b) x2 - 3x - 2 (c) 5x2 - 15x - 2 (d) 15x2 − 5x + 25
4. If ad ! bc, then what do you say about the solution of the pair of linear equations ax + by = p and cx + dy = q ?
(a) no solution (b) unique solution (c) infinitely solution (d) can’t say anything

5. What are the values of x and y for the following pair of linear equations ?
3x + 2y − 7 = 0
4x + y − 6 = 0
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 2 (c) 1 and 1 (d) –1 and –1
6. The quadratic equation 2x2 − 3 2 x + 94 = 0 has

(a) two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots
7. What is the common difference of an AP in which a18 − a14 = 32 ?

(a) 8 (b) - 8 (c) - 4 (d) 4
8. The nth term of the AP a , 3a , 5a , ... is

(a) na (b) (2n - 1) a (c) (2n + 1) a (d) 2na
9. TABC is an equilateral triangle of side 2a , then length of one of its altitude is ................... .
(a) a 3 (b) a2 3 (c) a3 2 (d) a 2
10. If tan A = cot B , then the value of (A + B) is

(a) 90° (b) 120° (c) 60° (d) 180°
11. If cos A = 2 , the value of 4 + 4 tan2 A will be

5
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 25
12. If the angle of depression of an object from a 75 m high tower is 30c, then the distance of the object from the
tower is
(a) 25 3 m (b) 50 3 m (c) 75 3 m (d) 150 m
13. From an external point P , tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O . If CD is the tangent to the
circle at a point E and PA = 14 cm . The perimeter of TPCD is
(a) 14 cm (b) 21 cm (c) 28 cm (d) 35 cm
14. In a circle of radius 14 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 45c at the centre, then the area of the sector is
(a) 71 cm2 (b) 76 cm2 (c) 77 cm2 (d) 154 cm2
15. If the radius of the sphere is increased by 100%, the volume of the corresponding sphere is increased by
(a) 200% (b) 500% (c) 700% (d) 800%
16. In the formula x = a +

/ f i d i , for finding the mean of grouped data d ’s are deviation from a of
/ fi i
(a) lower limits of the classes (b) upper limits of the classes
(c) mid-points of the classes (d) frequencies of the class marks
17. A pair of dice is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a doublet?
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 16 (d) 1
5
18. a and b are two positive integers such that the least prime factor of a is 3 and the least prime factor of b is 5.
Then the least prime factor of (a + b) will be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

19. Assertion : 4x2 − 12x + 9 = 0 has repeated roots.

Reason : The quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 have repeated roots if discriminant D > 0 .
20. Assertion : The value of y is 6, for which the distance between the points P ^2, - 3h and Q ^10, y h is 10.
Reason : Distance between two given points A ^x1, y1h and B ^x2, y2h is given,
AB = ^x2 − x1h2 + ^y2 − y1h2
Section - B
21. Explain why (7 # 13 # 11) + 11 and (7 # 6 # 5 # 4 # 3 # 2 # 1) + 3 are composite numbers.
22. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3 x2 − 8x + 4 3 .
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Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 6 and 9 respectively. Hence find the zeroes.
23. What is the distance of point P (3, 4) from x -axis?
24. If triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF such that 2AB = DE and BC = 8 cm then find EF.
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In the figure, PQ is parallel to MN. If KP = 4 and KN = 20.4 cm then find KQ.
PM 13
25. There are 30 cards of the same size in a bag in which the numbers 1 to 30 are written. One card is taken out of
the bag at random. Find the probability that the number on the selected card is not divisible by 3.

Section - C
26. Given that 5 is irrational, prove that 2 5 - 3 is an irrational number.
27. In Figure, DE || BC . Find the length of side AD , given that AE = 1.8 cm, BD = 7.2 cm and CE = 5.4 cm .
cos2 (45c + θ) + cos2 (45c − θ)

28. Show that : =1
tan (60c + θ) tan (30c − θ)
29. If tangents PA and PB drawn from an external point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at
an angle of 80c, then find +POA .
30. A right circular cone of radius 3 cm, has a curved surface area of 47.1 cm2. Find the volume of the cone. (Use
π = 3.14 )
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The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. If the total surface area of the
solid cylinder is 1628 sq. cm, find the volume of the cylinder. π = 227 .
31. Compute the mode for the following frequency distribution:
Size of items (in cm) 0- 4 4- 8 8- 12 12-16 16-20 20-24 24-28

Frequency 5 7 9 17 12 10 6
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The mean of the following frequency distribution is 18. The frequency f in the class interval 19-21 is missing.
Determine f .
Class interval 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25

Frequency 3 6 9 13 f 5 4
Section - D
32. Solve for x : 1 + 2 = 4 x !- 1, - 2, - 4

x+1 x+2 x+4

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A two digit number is such that product of its digits is 14. If 45 is added to the number, the digits interchange
their places. Find the number.
33. Find the ratio in which the point ^- 3, k h divides the line segment joining the points ^- 5, - 4h and ^- 2, 3h .Also
find the value of k .
34. In Figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm and centre O . The tangents at P and Q intersect
at point T . Find the length of TP .
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A right triangle ABC , right angled at A is circumscribing a circle. If AB = 6 cm and BC = 10 cm, find the
radius r of the circle.
35. Sides of a right triangular field are 25 m, 24 m and 7 m. At the three corners of the field, a cow, a buffalo and a
horse are tied separately with ropes of 3.5 m each to graze in the field. Find the area of the field that cannot be
grazed by these animals.
Section - E
36. Salary : In investigating different job opportunities, you find that firm A will start you at Rs 25,000 per year and
guarantee you a raise of Rs 1,200 each year whereas firm B will start you at Rs 28,000 per year but will guarantee
you a raise of only Rs 800 each year.
(i) Over a period of 15 years, how much would you receive from firm A?
(ii) Over a period of 15 years, how much would you receive from firm B?
(iii) What would be your annual salary at firm A for the tenth year?
(iv) What would be your annual salary at firm B for the tenth year?

37. From his hotel room window on the fourth floor, Ranjan notices some window washers high above him on the
hotel across the street.
Curious as to their height above ground, he quickly estimates the buildings are 60 m apart, the angle of elevation
to the workers is about 60c , and the angle of depression to the base of the hotel is about 30c .
(i) How high above ground is the window of Ranjan’s hotel room?
(ii) How high above ground are the workers?
38. Political survey questions are questions asked to gather the opinions and attitudes of potential voters. Political
survey questions help you identify supporters and understand what the public needs. Using such questions, a
political candidate or an organization can formulate policies to gain support from these people.
A survey of 100 voters was taken to gather information on critical issues and the demographic information
collected is shown in the table. One out of the 100 voters is to be drawn at random to be interviewed on the India
Today News on prime time.
Women Men Totals

Republican 17 20 37
Democrat 22 17 39
Independent 8 7 15
Green Party 6 3 5
Totals 53 47 100
(i) What is the probability the person is a woman or a Republican ?

(ii) What is the probability the person is a Democrat ?
(iii) What is the probability the person is a Independent men ?
(iv) What is the probability the person is a Independent men or green party men ?
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Sample Paper 03
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The maximum number of zeroes a cubic polynomial can have, is

(a) 1 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 3
2. The roots of the quadratic equation x2 − 0.04 = 0 are

(a) ! 0.2 (b) ! 0.02
(c) 0.4 (d) 2
3. In an AP, if d =− 4 , n = 7 and an = 4 , then a is equal to

(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28
(a) 16 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm
(a) 2.4 cm (b) 2.2 cm

(c) 3.2 cm (d) 3.4 cm

6. In the given figure, PA is a tangent from an external point P to a circle with centre O . If +POB = 115c, then
perimeter of +APO is
(a) 25c (b) 20c

(c) 30c (d) 65c
7. If cos 9a = sin a and 9α < 90c, then the value oftan 5α is
(a) 1 (b) 3
3
(c) 1 (d) 0
8. From the top of a 7 m high building the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60c and the angle of
depression of its foot is 45c, then the height of the tower is
(a) 14.124 m (b) 17.124 m
(c) 19.124 m (d) 15.124 m
9. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to
the ground. If the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30c, then what is the height of pole?
(a) 20 m (b) 8 m
(c) 10 m (d) 6 m
10. A sphere is melted and half of the melted liquid is used to form 11 identical cubes, whereas the remaining half is
used to form 7 identical smaller spheres. The ratio of the side of the cube to the radius of the new small sphere is
(a) b 3 l (b) b 3 l
4 1/3 8 1/3
(c) (3) 1/3 (d) 2
11. Ratio of volumes of two cones with same radii is

(a) h1 : h2 (b) s1 : s2
(c) r1 : r2 (d) None of these
In the formula x = a + h f
/ f i ui , for finding the mean of grouped frequency distribution, u
/ fi p
12. i is equal to
(a) xi + a (b) h (xi - a)
h
(c) xi - a (d) a - xi
h h

13. Consider the following distribution :
Marks obtained Number of students

More than or equal to 0 63
the frequency of the class 30-40 is :
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 48 (d) 51
14. If the probability of an event is p , then the probability of its complementary event will be
(a) p-1 (b) p
(c) 1-p (d) 1 - 1
p
15. A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue marbles. If a marble is drawn at random, then the probability of drawing a blue
marble is:
2 1
(a) 5 (b) 4
3 2
(c) 5 (d) 3
16. The distance of the point P (- 3, - 4) from the x -axis (in units) is
(a) 3 (b) - 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
17. 225 can be expressed as

(a) 5 # 32 (b) 52 # 3
(c) 52 # 32 (d) 53 # 3
18. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 2x + 1, then α1 + 1β is equal to

(a) - 2 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) 1
19. Assertion : Pair of linear equations : 9x + 3y + 12 = 0, 8x + 6y + 24 = 0 have infinitely many solutions.

Reason : Pair of linear equations a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 and a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0 have infinitely many solutions, if
a1 = b1 = c1
a2 b2 c2

20. Assertion : If the circumference of a circle is 176 cm, then its radius is 28 cm.
Reason : Circumference = 2π # radius
Section - B
21. In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || CD || EF, then prove that AE
ED = BF
FC
22. In the given figure, from a point P , two tangents PT and PS are drawn to a circle with centre O such that
+SPT = 120c, Prove that OP = 2PS .
23. If 3 sin θ − cos θ = 0 and 0º < θ < 90º, find the value of θ.
24. A box contains cards numbered 11 to 123. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the
number of the drawn card is
(i) A perfect square number
(ii) A multiple of 7.
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A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random, find the probability that the letter so chosen is :
(i) a vowel,
(ii) a consonant.

25. In Figure +D = +E and AD = AE , prove that TBAC is an isosceles triangle.

DB EC
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ABC is a right triangle right angled at C. Let BC = a, CA = b, AB = c PQR, ST || QR and p be the length of
perpendicular from C to AB . Prove that cp = ab .
Section - C
26. Quadratic polynomial 2x2 − 3x + 1 has zeroes as α and β . Now form a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3α
and 3β .
27. Find whether the following pair of linear equations has a unique solutions. If yes, find the solution :
7x - 4y = 49, 5x − 6y = 57 .
28. In given figure TABC~TDEF. AP bisects +CAB and DQ bisects +FDE.
Prove that :
(1) AP = AB
DQ DE
(2) TCAP~TFDQ.

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In the given figure, DE || AC and DF || AE. Prove that BE = BE .
FE EC
29. If cos ^40º + x h = sin 30º, find the value of x .
30. A conical vessel, with base radius 5 cm height 24 cm, is full of water. This water emptied into a cylindrical vessel,
of base radius 10 cm. Find the height to which the water will rise in the cylindrical vessel. Use π = 227
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504 cones, each of diameter 3.5 cm and height 3 cm, are melted and recast into a metallic sphere. Find the
diameter of the sphere and hence find its surface area. Use π = 227
31. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12, 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after what time will
they next toll together?
Section - D
32. Find for x : 1 + 2 = 6 ; x ! 0, 1, 2

x−2 x−1 x
O
Find the values of k for which the equation ^3k + 1h x + 2 ^k + 1h x + 1 has equal roots. Also find the roots.
2
33. In figure O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT = 13 cm and OT intersects circle at
E . If AB is a tangent to the circle at E , find the length of AB , where TP and TQ are two tangents to the circle.

34. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution
Class Interval 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55

Frequency 25 34 50 42 38 14
O
On the sports day of a school, 300 students participated. Their ages are given in the following distribution :
Age (in years) 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19
Number of students 67 33 41 95 36 13 15
Find the mean and mode of the data.
35. Find the ratio in which the line x − 3y = 0 divides the line segment joining the points ^- 2, - 5h and ^6, 3h . Find
the coordinates of the point of intersection.
Section - E
36. Volume of a Bird Cage. A company makes rectangular shaped bird cages with height b inches and square bottoms.
The volume of these cages is given by the function V = b 3 − 6b2 + 9b .
(i) Find an expression for the length of each side of the square bottom.
(ii) Use the function to find the volume of a cage with a height of 18 inches.
(iii) Use the remainder theorem to find the volume of a cage with a height of 15 inches.
(iv) Verify the result of (iii) using function ?

37. Dipesh bought 3 notebooks and 2 pens for Rs. 80. His friend Ramesh said that price of each notebook could be
Rs. 25. Then three notebooks would cost Rs.75, the two pens would cost Rs. 5 and each pen could be for Rs. 2.50.
Another friend Amar felt that Rs. 2.50 for one pen was too little. It should be at least Rs. 16. Then the price of
each notebook would also be Rs.16.
Aditya also bought the same types of notebooks and pens as Dipesh. He paid 110 for 4 notebooks and 3 pens.
(i) Whether the estimation of Ramesh and Amar is applicable for Aditya?
(ii) Let the cost of one notebook be x and that of pen be y . Which of the following set describe the given
problem ?
(iii) What is the exact cost of the notebook?
(iv) What is the exact cost of the pen? What is the total cost if they purchase the same type of 15 notebooks
and 12 pens.
38. Conical Tank : The advantages of cone bottom tanks are found in nearly every industry, especially where getting
every last drop from the tank is important. This type of tank has excellent geometry for draining, especially with
high solids content slurries as these cone tanks provide a better full-drain solution. The conical tank eliminates
many of the problems that flat base tanks have as the base of the tank is sloped towards the centre giving the
greatest possible full-drain system in vertical tank design.
Rajesh has been given the task of designing a conical bottom tank for his client. Height of conical part is equal
to its radius. Length of cylindrical part is the 3 times of its radius. Tank is closed from top. The cross section of
conical tank is given below.

(i) If radius of cylindrical part is taken as 3 meter, what is the volume of above conical tank ?
(ii) What is the area of metal sheet used to make this conical tank ? Assume that tank is covered from top.
(iii) What is the ratio of volume of cylindrical part to the volume of conical part?
(iv) The cost of metal sheet is Rs 2000 per square meter and fabrication cost is 1000 per square meter. What is
the total cost of tank ?
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Sample Paper 04
Mathematics - Basic

6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts of the values of 1, 1
and 2 marks each respectively.
of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2marks questions of Section E
Section - A
1. The probability expressed as a percentage of a particular occurrence can never be
(a) less than 100 (b) less than 0
(c) greater than 1 (d) anything but a whole number
2. The quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is - 5 and their product is 6, is
(a) x2 + 5x + 6 (b) x2 − 5x + 6
(c) x2 - 5x - 6 (d) − x2 + 5x + 6
3. The radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles of diameters
36 cm and 20 cm is
(a) 56 cm (b) 42 cm
(c) 28 cm (d) 16 cm
4. The value of k for which the system of linear equations x + 2y = 3 , 5x + ky + 7 = 0 is inconsistent is

(a) - 14 (b) 2
3 5
(c) 5 (d) 10
5. 2 3 is
(a) an integer (b) a rational number
(c) an irrational number (d) a whole number
6. The quadratic equation 2x2 − 5 x + 1 = 0 has


7. A pole casts a shadow of length 2 3 m on the ground, when the Sun’s elevation is 60º. Find the height of the pole.
(a) 4 m (b) 6 m
(c) 2m (d) 3 m
8. The first four terms of an AP whose first term is - 2 and the common difference is - 2 are
(a) - 2, 0, 2, 4 (b) - 2, 4, - 8, 16
(c) - 2, - 4, - 6, - 8 (d) - 2, - 4, - 8, - 16
9. If A ^ m3 , 5h is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points Q (- 6, 7) and R (- 2, 3), then the value of m is
(a) - 12 (b) - 4
(c) 12 (d) - 6
10. In the given figure, if +A = 90º, +B = 90º, OB = 4.5 cm OA = 6 cm and AP = 4 cm then find QB.
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 4.5 cm (d) 3.5 cm
11. The diameter of a sphere is 6 cm. It is melted and drawn into a wire of diameter 2 mm. The length of the wire is
(a) 12 m (b) 18 m
(c) 36 m (d) 66 m
12. In Figure, in TABC , DE z BC such that AD = 2.4 cm, AB = 3.2 cm and AC = 8 cm, then what is the length
of AE ?
(a) 4 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 8 cm (d) 3 cm

13. The base radii of a cone and a cylinder are equal. If their curved surface areas are also equal, then the ratio of the
slant height of the cone to the height of the cylinder is
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
(c) 1:3 (d) 3 : 1
14. In the adjoining figure, TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O . If +POQ = 110c, then +PTQ
is
(a) 60c (b) 70c

(c) 80c (d) 90c
15. A single letter is selected at random from the word PROBABILITY. The probability that the selected letter is a
vowel is
(a) 2 (b) 3
11 11
(c) 4 (d) 0
11
16. If TABC is right angled at C , then the value ofcos Â + B h is

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 1 (d) 3
2 2
17. For the following distribution.
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25

Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
the sum of lower limits of the median class and modal class is
(a) 15 (b) 25
(c) 30 (d) 35
18. The mean weight of 9 students is 25 kg. If one more student is joined in the group the mean is unaltered, then the
weight of the 10th student is
(a) 25 kg
(b) 24 kg
(c) 26 kg
(d) 23 kg

19. Assertion : If both zeros of the quadratic polynomial x2 − 2kx + 2 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign then
value of k is ½.
Reason : Sum of zeros of a quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c is -ab
20. Assertion : In the figure, if BC = 20 m , then height AB is 11.56 m.
perpendicular
Reason : tan θ = AB = where θ is the angle +ACB .
BC base
Section - B
21. In the given figure, CB || QR and CA || PR. If AQ = 12 cm, AR = 20 cm, PB = CQ = 15 cm, calculate PC and
BR.

22. In given figure, AB is the diameter of a circle with centre O and AT is a tangent. If +AOQ = 58c, find +ATQ .
23. Evaluate : cos 45º + 1

sec 30º sec 60º
24. A box contains 12 balls of which some are red in colour. If 6 more red balls are put in the box and a ball is drawn
at random the probability of drawing a red ball doubles than what it was before. Find the number of red balls in
the bag.
O
Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability :
O
In TABC, if X and Y are points on AB and AC respectively such that AX
XB = 34 , AY = 5 and YC = 9, then state
whether XY and BC parallel or not.
Section - C
26. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f (x) = x2 − 4x − 5 then find the value of α2 + β2
27. Solve graphically :

2x − 3y + 13 = 0 ; 3x − 2y + 12 = 0

28. In the given figure, DB = BC, DE = AB and AC = BC. Prove that BE = AC .

DE BC
O
A 6 m high tree cast a 4 m long shadow. At the same time, a flag pole cast a shadow 50 m long. How long is the
flag pole?
29. In the given +PQR, right-angled at Q, QR = 9 cm and PR − PQ = 1 cm. Determine the value of sin R + cos R.
30. A well of diameter 4 m is dug 14 m deep. The earth taken out is spread evenly all around the well to form a 40 m
high embankment. Find the width of the embankment.
O
The 34 th part of a conical vessel of internal radius 5 cm and height 24 cm is full of water. The water emptied into
a cylindrical vessel with internal radius 10 cm. Find the height of water in cylindrical vessel.
31. Find HCF and LCM of 16 and 36 by prime factorization and check your answer.
Section - D
32. Solve, for x : 3 x2 + 10x + 7 3 = 0

O
2
If x =− 2 is a root of the equation 3x + 7x + p = 0 , find the value of k so that the roots of the equation
x2 + k ^4x + k − 1h + p = 0 are equal.

34. The table below show the salaries of 280 persons:
Salary (In thousand <) No. of Persons

5-10 49
10-15 133
15-20 63
20-25 15
25-30 6
30-35 7
35-40 4
40-45 2
45-50 1
Calculate the median salary of the data.
O
The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y if the total frequency is 100.
Class Interval Frequency

0-100 2
100-200 5
200-300 x
300-400 12
400-500 17
500-600 20
600-700 y
700-800 9
800-900 7
900-1000 4
35. Find the ratio in which the y -axis divides the line segment joining the points ^- 1, - 4h and ^5, - 6h . Also find the
coordinates of the point of intersection.

Section - E
36. Cost of Production : The cost to produce bottled spring water is given by C (x) = 16x − 63 where x is the
number of thousands of bottles. The total income (revenue) from the sale of these bottles is given by the function
R (x) =− x2 + 326x − 7463 .
(i) Since Profit = Revenue − Cost , find the profit function.
(ii) How many bottles sold will produce the maximum profit?
(iii) What is the maximum profit?
(iv) Find the profit when 245 thousand bottles are sold. Use remainder theorem
37. Jodhpur is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city
of the state. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, which is now part of Rajasthan.
Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts, and temples, set in the stark landscape
of the Thar Desert. It is popularly known as the “Blue City” among people of Rajasthan and all over India. The
old city circles the Mehrangarh Fort and is bounded by a wall with several gates. The city has expanded greatly
outside the wall, though, over the past several decades. Jodhpur is also known for the rare breed of horses known
as Marwari or Malani, which are only found here.
Last year we visited Jodhpur in a group of 25 friends. When we went mehrangarh fort we found following fare for
ride :
Ride Normal Hours Fare Peak Hours Fare

Horse Rs 50 3 Times
Elephant Rs 100 2 Times

Some people choose to ride on horse and rest choose to ride on elephant.
(i) First day we rode in normal hours and we paid Rs 1950 for ride. Let x be the number of horses hired and
y be the number elephants hired. Which of the following is the correct system of equation that model the
problem ?
(ii) How many horses were hired ? How many elephant were hired ?
(iii) Next day we rode in peak hours, then how much total fare was paid by our group?
(iv) What was the increase in total fare because of peak hours ride ?
38. Boiler : The boiler is essentially a closed vessel inside which water is stored. Fuel is burnt in a furnace and hot
gasses are produced. These hot gasses come in contact with water vessel where the heat of these hot gases transfer
to the water and consequently steam is produced in the boiler. Then this steam is piped to the turbine of thermal
power plant.
Rajesh has been given the task of designing a boiler for NTPC. Boiler consist of a cylindrical part in middle and
two hemispherical part at its both end. The cross section of boiler is given below. Length of cylindrical part is the
3 times of radius of hemispherical part.
(i) Which of the following is correct expression for the surface area of cylindrical part of boiler?
(ii) Which of the following is correct expression for the total surface area of boiler?
(iii) Which of the following is correct expression for the volume of boiler? What is the ratio of volume to the
surface area?
(iv) If r = 3 m , what is the volume of boiler?
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Sample Paper 5
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The distance between the points (a cos θ + b sin θ, 0), and (0, a sin θ − b cos θ) is
(a) a2 + b2 (b) a2 - b2
(c) a2 + b2 (d) a2 - b2
of a tree is
(a) 10 m (b) 14 m
(c) 8m (d) 15 m
3. A sector is cut from a circular sheet of radius 100 cm, the angle of the sector being 240c. If another circle of the
area same as the sector is formed, then radius of the new circle is
(a) 79.5 cm (b) 81.5 cm
(c) 83.4 cm (d) 88.5 cm
4. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial 2x2 − 13x + 6 , then α + β is equal to
(a) - 3 (b) 3
(c) 13 (d) - 13
2 2
5. The point on the x -axis which is equidistant from the points A (- 2, 3) and B (5, 4) is
(a) (0, 2) (b) (2, 0)
(c) (3, 0) (d) (- 2, 0)


(a) two distinct real roots
(b) two equal real roots
(c) no real roots
(d) more than 2 real roots
7. If 3x + 4y : x + 2y = 9 : 4 , then 3x + 5y : 3x − y is equal to
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4
(c) 7:1 (d) 1 : 7
8. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 - a13 ?

(a) 5 (b) 20
(c) 25 (d) 30
9. TABC is an equilateral triangle with each side of length 2p . If AD = BC then the value of AD is
(a) 3 (b) 3 p
(c) 2p (d) 4p
10. If a card is selected from a deck of 52 cards, then the probability of its being a red face card is
(a) 3 (b) 3
26 13
(c) 2 (d) 1
13 2
11. In figure, O is the centre of circle. PQ is a chord and PT is tangent at P which makes an angle of 50c with
PQ+POQ is
(a) 130c (b) 90c

(c) 100c (d) 75c
12. If cos ^α + β h = 0 , then sin ^α - β h can be reduced to

(a) cos β (b) cos 2β
(c) sin α (d) sin 2α


(a) ! 0.2 (b) ! 0.02
(c) 0.4 (d) 2
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
(c) 1:3 (d) 3 : 1
15. In a frequency distribution, the mid value of a class is 10 and the width of the class is 6. The lower limit of the
class is
(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 8 (d) 12
16. The point P on x -axis equidistant from the points A (- 1, 0) and B (5, 0) is
(a) (2, 0) (b) (0, 2)
(c) (3, 0) (d) (- 3, 5)
17. If one zero of the polynomial (3x2 + 8x + k) is the reciprocal of the other, then value of k is
(a) 3 (b) - 3
(c) 1 (d) - 1
3 3
(a) - 14 (b) 2
3 5
(c) 5 (d) 10
19. Assertion : Sum of first 10 terms of the arithmetic progression - 0.5 , - 1.0, - 1.5 , .......... is 31.
Reason : Sum of n terms of an AP is given as Sn = n2 [2a + (n − 1) d ] where a is first term and d common
difference.
20. Assertion : When a positive integer a is divided by 3, the values of remainder can be 0, 1 or 2.
Reason : According to Euclid’s Division Lemma a = bq + r , where 0 # r 1 b and r is an integer.

Section - B
21. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || CD and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O. Show that
AO = CO .
BO DO
23. Find the value of cos 2θ , if 2 sin 2θ = 3.
24. Find the mean of the following distribution :
Class 10-25 25-40 40-55 55-70 70-85 85-100

Frequency 2 3 7 6 6 6
O
Find the mean of the following data :
Class 0- 20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100- 120

Frequency 20 35 52 44 38 31
25. Show that 5 6 is an irrational number.

O
Write a rational number between 2 and 3.
Section - C
26. Which term of the AP 20, 19 1 , 18 1 , 17 3 , ... is the first negative term.
4 2 4
27. If 1 + sin2 θ = 3 sin θ cos θ , prove that tan θ = 1 or ½.
Continue
on next page....

28. A horse is tethered to one corner of a rectangular field of dimensions 70 m # 52 m , by a rope of length 21 m. How
much area of the field can it graze?
O
In the given figure, a chord AB of the circle with centre O and radius 10 cm, that subtends a right angle at the
centre of the circle. Find the area of the minor segment AQBP . Hence find the area of major segment ALBQA
. (Use π = 3.14 )
29. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution :
Class 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45

30. Find the ratio in which the segment joining the points ^1, - 3h and ^4, 5h is divided by x -axis? Also find the
coordinates of this point on x -axis.
O
The vertices of TABC are A ^6, - 2h, B ^0, - 6h and C ^4, 8h . Find the co-ordinates of mid-points of AB, BC and
AC.
31. Write the smallest number which is divisible by both 306 and 657.
Section - D
32. Determine graphically the coordinates of the vertices of triangle, the equations of whose sides are given by
2y − x = 8 , 5y − x = 14 and y − 2x = 1.
O
Draw the graphs of the equations x − y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y − 12 = 0. Determine the co-ordinates of the vertices
of the triangle formed by these lines and the X-axis and shade the triangular region.
33. Two tangents PA and PB are drawn from an external point P to a circle with centre O , such that +APB = +x
and +AOB = y . Prove that opposite angles are supplementary.
Continue
on next page....

34. The person standing on the bank of river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree standing on
opposite bank is 60c . When he moves 30 m away from the bank, he finds the angle of elevation to be 30c. Find
the height of tree and width of the river.
O
As observed from the top of a 100 m high light house from the sea-level, the angles of depression of two ships are
30c and 45c. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the light house, find the distance between
the two ships [Use 3 = 1.732 ]
35. A hemispherical depression is cut from one face of a cubical block, such that diameter l of hemisphere is equal to
the edge of cube. Find the surface area of the remaining solid.
Section - E
36. Maximum Profit : A kitchen utensils manufacturer can produce up to 200 utensils per day. The profit made from
the sale of these utensils can be modelled by the function P (x) = − 0.5x + 175x − 330 , where P (x) is the profit in
Rupees, and x is the number of utensils made and sold. Based on this model,
(i) Find the y -intercept and explain what it means in this context.
(ii) Find the x -intercepts and explain what they mean in this context.
(iii) How many utensils should be sold to maximize profit?
O
What is the maximum profit?

37. Tania is very intelligent in maths. She always try to relate the concept of maths in daily life. One day she plans
to cross a river and want to know how far it is to the other side. She takes measurements on her side of the river
and make the drawing as shown below.
(i) Which similarity criterion is used in solving the above problem ?

(ii) Consider the following statement :
S1 : +ACB = +DCE
S2 : +BAC = +CDE
Which of the above statement is/are correct.
(a) S1 and S2 both (b) S1
(c) S2 (d) None
(iii) Consider the following statement :
S3 : AB = CA
DE CD
S 4 : BC = AB
CE DE
S5 : CA = DE
CD AB
Which of the above statements are correct ?
(a) S3 and S5 (b) S 4 and S5
(c) S3 and S 4 (d) All three
(iv) What is the distance x across the river?
O
What is the approximate length of AD shown in the figure?

38. Double-six Dominos : It is a game played with the 28 numbered tiles shown in the diagram.
The 28 dominos are placed in a bag, shuffled, and then one domino is randomly drawn. Give the following answer.
(i) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is three or less ?
(ii) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is greater than three ?
(iii) What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino does not have a blank half ?
O
What is the probability the total number of dots on the domino is not a “double” (both sides the same) ?
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Sample Paper 06
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue marbles. If a marble is drawn at random, then the probability of drawing a blue
marble is:
2 1
(a) 5 (b) 4
3 2
(c) 5 (d) 3

(a) - 2 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) 1
(a) b 3 l (b) b 3 l
4 1/3 8 1/3
(c) (3) 1/3 (d) 2

(a) 1 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 3
5. 225 can be expressed as

(a) 5 # 32 (b) 52 # 3
(c) 52 # 32 (d) 53 # 3


(a) ! 0.2 (b) ! 0.02
(c) 0.4 (d) 2
7. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to
the ground. If the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30c, then what is the height of pole?
(a) 20 m (b) 8 m
(c) 10 m (d) 6 m

(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28
9. If the probability of an event is p , then the probability of its complementary event will be
(a) p-1 (b) p
(c) 1-p (d) 1 - 1
p
(a) 16 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm

(a) h1 : h2 (b) s1 : s2
(a) 2.4 cm (b) 2.2 cm

(c) 3.2 cm (d) 3.4 cm
13. The distance of the point P (- 3, - 4) from the x -axis (in units) is
(a) 3 (b) - 3
(c) 4 (d) 5

(a) 25c (b) 20c

(c) 30c (d) 65c
/ fi p
15. i is equal to
(a) xi + a (b) h (xi - a)

h
(c) xi - a (d) a - xi
h h
(a) 1 (b) 3
3
(c) 1 (d) 0

(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 48 (d) 51
(a) 14.124 m
(b) 17.124 m
(c) 19.124 m
(d) 15.124 m


a1 = b1 = c1
a2 b2 c2
Section - B
21. In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || CD || EF, then prove that AE
ED = BF
FC
24. A box contains cards numbered 11 to 123. A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the
number of the drawn card is
(i) A perfect square number
(ii) A multiple of 7.

O
A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random, find the probability that the letter so chosen is :
(i) a vowel,
(ii) a consonant.

DB EC
O
ABC is a right triangle right angled at C. Let BC = a, CA = b, AB = c PQR, ST || QR and p be the length of
perpendicular from C to AB . Prove that cp = ab .
Section - C
26. Quadratic polynomial 2x2 − 3x + 1 has zeroes as α and β . Now form a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3α
and 3β .
27. Find whether the following pair of linear equations has a unique solutions. If yes, find the solution :
7x - 4y = 49, 5x − 6y = 57 .
28. In given figure TABC~TDEF. AP bisects +CAB and DQ bisects +FDE.

Prove that :
(1) AP = AB
DQ DE
(2) TCAP~TFDQ.
O
In the given figure, DE || AC and DF || AE. Prove that BE = BE .
FE EC
29. If cos ^40º + x h = sin 30º, find the value of x .
30. A conical vessel, with base radius 5 cm height 24 cm, is full of water. This water emptied into a cylindrical vessel,
of base radius 10 cm. Find the height to which the water will rise in the cylindrical vessel. Use π = 227
O
504 cones, each of diameter 3.5 cm and height 3 cm, are melted and recast into a metallic sphere. Find the
diameter of the sphere and hence find its surface area. Use π = 227
Section - D
32. Find for x : 1 + 2 = 6 ; x ! 0, 1, 2

x−2 x−1 x
O
Find the values of k for which the equation ^3k + 1h x2 + 2 ^k + 1h x + 1 has equal roots. Also find the roots.
33. In figure O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT = 13 cm and OT intersects circle at

34. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution
Class Interval 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55

Frequency 25 34 50 42 38 14
O
On the sports day of a school, 300 students participated. Their ages are given in the following distribution :
Age (in years) 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19
Find the mean and mode of the data.
35. Find the ratio in which the line x − 3y = 0 divides the line segment joining the points ^- 2, - 5h and ^6, 3h . Find
the coordinates of the point of intersection.
Section - E
(iv) Verify the result of (iii) using function ?

37. Dipesh bought 3 notebooks and 2 pens for Rs. 80. His friend Ramesh said that price of each notebook could be
Rs. 25. Then three notebooks would cost Rs.75, the two pens would cost Rs. 5 and each pen could be for Rs. 2.50.
Another friend Amar felt that Rs. 2.50 for one pen was too little. It should be at least Rs. 16. Then the price of
each notebook would also be Rs.16.
Aditya also bought the same types of notebooks and pens as Dipesh. He paid 110 for 4 notebooks and 3 pens.
(i) Whether the estimation of Ramesh and Amar is applicable for Aditya?
(ii) Let the cost of one notebook be x and that of pen be y . Which of the following set describe the given
problem ?
(iii) What is the exact cost of the notebook?
(iv) What is the exact cost of the pen? What is the total cost if they purchase the same type of 15 notebooks
and 12 pens.
38. Conical Tank : The advantages of cone bottom tanks are found in nearly every industry, especially where getting
every last drop from the tank is important. This type of tank has excellent geometry for draining, especially with
high solids content slurries as these cone tanks provide a better full-drain solution. The conical tank eliminates
many of the problems that flat base tanks have as the base of the tank is sloped towards the centre giving the
greatest possible full-drain system in vertical tank design.
Rajesh has been given the task of designing a conical bottom tank for his client. Height of conical part is equal
to its radius. Length of cylindrical part is the 3 times of its radius. Tank is closed from top. The cross section of
conical tank is given below.

(i) If radius of cylindrical part is taken as 3 meter, what is the volume of above conical tank ?
(ii) What is the area of metal sheet used to make this conical tank ? Assume that tank is covered from top.
(iii) What is the ratio of volume of cylindrical part to the volume of conical part?
(iv) The cost of metal sheet is Rs 2000 per square meter and fabrication cost is 1000 per square meter. What is
the total cost of tank ?
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Sample Paper 07
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. If the mean of a , b , c is M and ab + bc + ca = 0 , the mean of a2 , b2 and c2 is KM2 , then K is equal to

(a) 3 (b) 9
(c) 6 (d) 4
2. A tree casts a shadow 15 m long on the level of ground, when the angle of elevation of the sun is 45c. Find the
height of a tree.
(a) 15 m (b) 10 m
(c) 7.5 m (d) 12 m
3. If the nth term of an AP is given by an = 5n − 3 , then the sum of first 10 terms if

(a) 225 (b) 245
(c) 255 (d) 270

(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 4.5 cm (d) 3.5 cm
5. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are

(a) 3, 140 (b) 12, 420
(c) 3, 420 (d) 420, 3
6. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + kx + k where k ! 0 ,

(a) cannot both be positive
(b) cannot both be negative
(c) are always unequal
(d) are always equal
7. From an external point Q , the length of tangent to a circle is 12 cm and the distance of Q from the centre of circle
is 13 cm. The radius of circle (in cm) is
(a) 10 (b) 5
(c) 12 (d) 7
8. Twelve solid spheres of the same size are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder of base diameter 2 cm and
height 16 cm. The diameter of each sphere is
(a) 4 cm (b) 3 cm
(c) 2 cm (d) 6 cm
9. The 2 digit number which becomes 56 th of itself when its digits are reversed. The difference in the digits of the
number being 1, then the two digits number is
(a) 45 (b) 54
(c) 36 (d) None of these
10. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ......, 15 is a multiple of 4 is
(a) 4 (b) 2
15 15
(c) 1 (d) 1
15 5
11. In the given figure, x is
(a) ab (b) ac
a+b b+c
(c) bc (d) ac
b+c a+c

12. Consider the following frequency distribution
Class 0-5 6-11 12-17 18-23 24-29

Frequency 13 10 15 8 11
The upper limit of the median class is
(a) 17 (b) 17.5
(c) 18 (d) 18.5
13. Each root of x2 − bx + c = 0 is decreased by 2. The resulting equation is x2 − 2x + 1 = 0 , then

(a) b = 6, c = 9 (b) b = 3, c = 5
(c) b = 2, c =− 1 (d) b = − 4, c = 3
14. The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If the string makes an angle θ with level
ground such that tan θ = 158 , then the height of kite is
(a) 75 m (b) 78.05 m
(c) 226 m (d) None of these
15. If the point P (6, 2) divides the line segment joining A (6, 5) and B (4, y) in the ratio 3 : 1 then the value of y is
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 150 cm2
(c) 125 cm2 (d) 400 cm2
17. If the sum of the circumferences of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the circumference of a circle of
radius R , then
(a) R1 + R2 = R (b) R1 + R2 > R
(c) R1 + R2 > R (d) R1 + R2 < R
18. One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The probability that the selected
ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 3
5 5
(c) 4 (d) 1
5 3
19. Assertion : x3 + x has only one real zero.

Reason : A polynomial of n th degree must have n real zeroes.

20. Assertion : The value of sec2 10c - cot2 80c is 1.

Reason : The value of sin 30c = 12 .
Section - B
21. In the given figure, TABC ~TPQR. Find the value of y + z.
22. In the given figure, BOA is a diameter of a circle and the tangent at a point P meets BA when produced at T. If
+PBO = 30º , what is the measure of +PTA ?
23. If tan 2A = cot (A − 18c), where 2A is an acute angle, find the value of A.
24. A bag contains 5 red, 8 green and 7 white balls. One ball is drawn at random from the bag, find the probability
of getting :
(i) not a white ball,
(ii) neither a green nor a red ball.
O
Two coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting both heads or both tails.

25. In TABC, AD = BC, such that AD2 = BD # CD. Prove that TABC is right angled at A.
O
In the figure of TABC, the points D and E are on the sides CA, CB respectively such that DE || AB,
OR
In the figure of TABC, DE || AB. If AD = 2x, DC = x + 3, BE = 2x − 1 and CE = x, then find the value of x.
Section - C
26. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are reciprocals of the zeroes of the polynomial f (x) = ax2 + bx + c ,
a ! 0, c ! 0.
27. Solve the following pair of linear equations :

8x + 5y = 9
3x + 2y = 4
28. Two right triangles ABC and DBC are drawn on the same hypotenuse BC and on the same side of BC . If AC
and BD intersect at P , prove that AP # PC = BP # DP .

O
In the given figure, two triangles ABC and DBC lie on the same side of BC such that PQ || BA and PR || BD.
Prove that QR || AD.
29. The rod of TV disc antenna is fixed at right angles to wall AB and a rod CD is supporting the disc as shown in
Figure. If AC = 1.5 m long and CD = 3 m , find (i) tan θ (ii) sec θ + cosec θ .
30. A vessel is in the form of a hemispherical bowl surmounted by a hollow cylinder of same diameter. The diameter
of the hemispherical bowl is 14 cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the total surface area of the
vessel. Use π = 227
O
A sphere of diameter 12 cm, is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel, partly filled with water. If the sphere
is completely submerged in water, the water level into the cylindrical vessel rises by 3 5 cm. Find the diameter of
9
the cylindrical vessel.
31. The 34 th part of a conical vessel of internal radius 5 cm and height 24 cm is full of water. The water emptied into
Section - D
Solve for x : b 2x l + b 2x l − 24 = 0, x ! 5
2
32.
x−5 x−5
O
Solve for x : x + 3 − 1 − x = 17 ; x ! 0, 2
x−2 x 4

33. If the angle between two tangents drawn from an external point P to a circle of radius a and centre O, is 60º,
then find the length of OP.
34. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y , if total frequency is 100 :
Class 0-100 100-200 200-300 300-400 400-500 500-600 600-700 700-800 800-900 900-1000
Frequency 2 5 x 12 17 20 x 9 7 4
O
On annual day of a school, 400 students participated in the function. Frequency distribution showing their ages
is as shown in the following table :
Ages (in years) 05-07 07-09 09-11 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19
Find mean and median of the above data.
35. To conduct Sports Day activities, in your rectangular school ground ABCD , lines have been drawn with chalk
powder at a distance of 1 m each. 100 flower pots have been placed at a distance of 1 m from each other along AD
, as shown in Figure. Niharika runs ¼th the distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a green flag. Preet runs 15 th
distance AD on the eighth line and posts a red flag.
(i) What is the distance between the two flags?
(ii) If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly half way between the line segment joining the two flags, where
should she post the blue flag?

Section - E
36. Box : For the box to satisfy certain requirements, its length must be three unit greater than the width, and its
height must be two unit less than the width.
(i) If width is taken as x , find the polynomial that represent volume of box.
(ii) Find the polynomial that represent the area of paper sheet used to make box.
(iii) If it must have a volume of 18 unit, what must be its length and height ?
O
(iv) If box is made of a paper sheet which cost is Rs 100 per square unit, what is the cost of paper?
37. MASK : Masks are an additional step to help prevent people from getting and spreading COVID-19. They provide
a barrier that keeps respiratory droplets from spreading. Wear a mask and take every day preventive actions in
public settings.
Due to ongoing Corona virus outbreak, Wellness Medical store has started selling masks of decent quality. The
store is selling two types of masks currently type A and type B .

The cost of type A mask is Rs. 15 and of type B mask is Rs. 20. In the month of April, 2020, the store sold 100
masks for total sales of Rs. 1650.
(i) How many masks of each type were sold in the month of April? If the store had sold 50 masks of each type,
what would be its sales in the month of April?
(ii) Due to great demand and short supply, the store has increased the price of each type by Rs. 5 from May 1,
2020. In the month of May, 2020, the store sold 310 masks for total sales of Rs. 6875. How many masks of
each type were sold in the month of May?
(iii) What percent of masks of each type sale was increased in the month of May, compared with the sale of
month April?
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(v) What extra profit did store earn by increasing price in May month.
38. In a toys manufacturing company, wooden parts are assembled and painted to prepare a toy. For the wood
processing activity center, the wood is taken out of storage to be sawed, after which it undergoes rough polishing,
then is cut, drilled and has holes punched in it. It is then fine polished using sandpaper. For the retail packaging
and delivery activity center, the polished wood sub-parts are assembled together, then decorated using paint.
One specific toy is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder. The total height of the toy is 110 mm and
the height of its conical part is 77 mm. The diameters of the base of the conical part is 72 mm and that of the
cylindrical part is 40 mm.
(i) If its cylindrical part is to be painted red, what is the surface area need to be painted ?
(ii) If its conical part is to be painted blue, what is the surface area need to be painted ?
(iii) How much of the wood have been used in making the toy ?
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(iv) If the cost of painting the toy is 2 paise for 8π mm2 , then what is the cost of painting of a box of 100 toys?
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Sample Paper 8
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A

(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28
2. A circle artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to
the ground, then the height of pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30c, is
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m
(c) 15 m (d) 20 m
3. For finding the popular size of readymade garments, which central tendency is used?
(a) Mean (b) Median
(c) Mode (d) Both Mean and Mode
4. If x − 2y + k = 0 is a median of the triangle whose vertices are at points A (- 1, 3), B (0, 4) and C (- 5, 2), then the
value of k is
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8
5. When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an odd number less than 3 is
(a) 1 (b) 1
6 3
(c) 1 (d) 0
2

6. The pair of linear equations 2kx + 5y = 7 , 6x − 5y = 11 has a unique solution, if

(a) k !- 3 (b) k ! 2
3
(c) k!5 (d) k ! 2

9
7. The linear factors of the quadratic equation x2 + kx + 1 = 0 are

(a) k $ 2 (b) k # 2
(c) k $- 2 (d) 2 # k # - 2
8. In a right angled TABC right angled at B , if P and Q are points on the sides AB and BC respectively, then
(a) AQ2 + CP2 = 2 ÂC2 + PQ2h (b) 2 ÂQ2 + CP2h = AC2 + PQ2
(c) AQ2 + CP2 = AC2 + PQ2 (d) AQ + CP = 1 ÂC + PQ h
2
9. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm, subtends a right angle at its centre. The length of the chord (in cm) is
(a) 5 (b) 5 2
2
(c) 10 2 (d) 10 3
10. If the point P (6, 2) divides the line segment joining A (6, 5) and B (4, y) in the ratio 3 : 1 then the value of y is
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1

(a) 1 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 3
12. If the area of a semi-circular field is 15400 sq m, then perimeter of the field is
(a) 160 2 m (b) 260 2 m
(c) 360 2 m (d) 460 2 m
13. The 4th term from the end of an AP - 11, - 8 , - 5 , ....., 49 is

(a) 37 (b) 40
(c) 43 (d) 58
14. A fraction becomes 4 when 1 is added to both the numerator and denominator and it becomes 7 when 1 is
subtracted from both the numerator and denominator. The numerator of the given fraction is
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 15

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 1 (d) 3
2 2

16. Ratio of lateral surface areas of two cylinders with equal height is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) H : h
(c) R :r (d) None of these
17. The ratio in which the point (2, y) divides the join of (- 4, 3) and (6, 3), hence the value of y is
(a) 2 : 3, y = 3 (b) 3 : 2, y = 4
(c) 3 : 2, y = 3 (d) 3 : 2, y = 2
18. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime-factorisation of 196 is

(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 2
19. Assertion : ^2 - 3 h is one zero of the quadratic polynomial then other zero will be ^2 + 3 h .
Reason : Irrational zeros (roots) always occurs in pairs.
20. Assertion : The equation x2 + 3x + 1 = ^x − 2h2 is a quadratic equation.

Reason : Any equation of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0 where a ! 0 , is called a quadratic equation.
Section - B

DB EC

22. In figure, two tangents RQ and RP are drawn from an external point R to the circle with centre O . If +PRQ = 120c
, then prove that OR = PR + RQ .
24. Find the value of λ , if the mode of the following data is 20 :

15, 20, 25, 18, 13, 15, 25, 15, 18, 17, 20, 25, 20, λ , 18.
O
The mean and median of 100 observation are 50 and 52 respectively. The value of the largest observation is 100.
It was later found that it is 110. Find the true mean and median.
25. Prove that 3 + 5 is an irrational number.

O
Show that any positive even integer can be written in the form 6q, 6q + 2 or 6q + 4, where q is an integer.
Section - C
26. Show that the sum of all terms of an AP whose first term is a , the second term is b and last term is c , is equal
(a + c) (b + c − 2a)
to
2 (b − a)
27. Prove that ^1 + cot A − cosec Ah^1 + tan A + sec Ah = 2
28. Sides of a right triangular field are 25 m, 24 m and 7 m. At the three corners of the field, a cow, a buffalo and a
horse are tied separately with ropes of 3.5 m each to graze in the field. Find the area of the field that cannot be
grazed by these animals.
O
In the given figure, find the area of the shaded region, enclosed between two concentric circles of radii 7 cm and
14 cm where +AOC = 40c. Use π = 227 .
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29. The mean of the following distribution is 48 and sum of all the frequency is 50. Find the missing frequencies x
and y .
Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
30. If the co-ordinates of points A and B are ^- 2, - 2h and ^2, - 4h respectively, find the co-ordinates of P such that
AP = 73 AB, where P lies on the line segment AB.
O
Find the co-ordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points A ^1, - 2h and B ^- 3, 4h .
Section - D
32. Aftab tells his daughter, ‘7 years ago, I was seven times as old as you were then. Also, 3 years from now, I shall
be three times as old as you will be.’ Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.
O
Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:
x - y = 1, 2x + y = 8
Also find the co-ordinates of the points where the lines represented by the above equation intersect y - axis.
33. From a point T outside a circle of centre O , tangents TP and TQ are drawn to the circle. Prove that OT is the
right bisector of line segment PQ .
34. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of a tower fixed at the top of a 20
m high building are 45c and 60c respectively. Find the height of the tower.
O
The angle of elevation of the top B of a tower AB from a point X on the ground is 60c. At point Y , 40 m
vertically above X , the angle of elevation of the top is 45c. Find the height of the tower AB and the distance XB .
35. Water is flowing through a cylindrical pipe, of internal diameter 2 cm, into a cylindrical tank of base radius 40 cm,
at the rate of 0.4 m/s. Determine the rise in level of water in the tank in half an hour.

Section - E
36. John and Priya went for a small picnic. After having their lunch Priya insisted to travel in a motor boat. The speed
of the motor boat was 20 km/hr. Priya being a Mathematics student wanted to know the speed of the current. So
she noted the time for upstream and downstream.
She found that for covering the distance of 15 km the boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream.
(i) Let speed of the current be x km/hr. then speed of the motorboat in upstream will be
(ii) What is the relation between speed distance and time?
(iii) Write the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ?
O
(iv) What is the speed of current ?
37. The centroid is the centre point of the object. It is also defined as the point of intersection of all the three medians.
The median is a line that joins the midpoint of a side and the opposite vertex of the triangle. The centroid of the
triangle separates the median in the ratio of 2 : 1. It can be found by taking the average of x- coordinate points
and y-coordinate points of all the vertices of the triangle.
See the figure given below
Here D, E and F are mid points of sides BC , AC and AB in same order. G is centroid, the centroid divides
the median in the ratio 2 : 1 with the larger part towards the vertex. Thus AG : GD = 2 : 1
On the basis of above information read the question below.
If G is Centroid of 3 ABC with height h and J is centroid of 3 ADE . Line DE parallel to BC , cuts the
3 ABC at a height h4 from BC . HF = h4 .

(i) What is the length of AH ?

(ii) What is the distance of point A from point G ?
(iii) What is the distance of point A from point J?
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(iv) What is the distance GJ ?
38. Abhinav Bindra is retired sport shooter and currently India’s only individual Olympic gold medalist. His gold in
the 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was also India’s first Olympic gold medal since 1980.
He is the first Indian to have held concurrently the world and Olympic titles for the men’s 10-meter air rifle event,
having earned those honors at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships.
Bindra has also won nine medals at the Commonwealth Games and three gold medals at the Asian Games.
A circular dartboard has a total radius of 8 inch, with circular bands that are 2 inch wide, as shown in figure.
Abhinav is still skilled enough to hit this board 100% of the time so he always score at least two points each time
he throw a dart. Assume the probabilities are related to area, on the next dart that he throw.
(i) What is the probability that he score at least 4 ?
(ii) What is the probability that he score at least 6 ?
(iii) What is the probability that he hit bull’s eye ?
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(iv) What is the probability that he score exactly 4 points ?
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Sample Paper 9
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The zeroes of the polynomial x2 − 3x − m (m + 3) are

(a) m, m + 3 (b) − m, m + 3
(c) m, − (m + 3) (d) − m, − (m + 3)
2. The value of k for which the system of equations x + y − 4 = 0 and 2x + ky = 3 , has no solution, is
(a) - 2 (b) ! 2
(c) 3 (d) 2
(a) 1 (b) 3
3
(c) 1 (d) 0
4. Consider the following frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a class
Height (in cm) 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180

Number of students 15 13 10 8 9 5
The upper limit of the median class in the given data is

(a) 165 (b) 155
(c) 160 (d) 170

5. The first term of AP is p and the common difference is q , then its 10th term is
(a) q + 9p (b) p - 9q
(c) p + 9q (d) 2p + 9q
6. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. The event E is that card is not an ace of hearts. The number of outcomes
favourable to E is
(a) 4 (b) 13
(c) 48 (d) 51
7. Two poles of height 6 m and 11 m stand vertically upright on a plane ground. If the distance between their foot
is 12 m, then distance between their tops is
(a) 12 m (b) 14 m
(c) 13 m (d) 11 m
8. If a circular grass lawn of 35 m in radius has a path 7 m wide running around it on the outside, then the area of
the path is
(a) 1450 m2 (b) 1576 m2
(c) 1694 m2 (d) 3368 m2
9. C is the mid-point of PQ , if P is (4, x), C is (y, - 1) and Q is (- 2, 4), then x and y respectively are
(a) - 6 and 1 (b) - 6 and 2
(c) 6 and - 1 (d) 6 and - 2
10. Two chords AB and CD of a circle intersect at E such that AE = 2.4 cm , BE = 3.2 cm and CE = 1.6 cm . The
length of DE is
(a) 1.6 cm (b) 3.2 cm
(c) 4.8 cm (d) 6.4 cm
11. What is the common difference of an AP in which a18 − a14 = 32 ?

(a) 8 (b) - 8
(c) -4 (d) 4
12. The pair of equations 3x + y = 81, 81x − y = 3 has

(a) no solution
(b) unique solution
(c) infinitely many solutions
(d) x = 2 1, y = 1 7
8 8
13. If one root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is the reciprocal of the other, then
(a) b = c (b) a = b
(c) ac = 1 (d) a = c

14. If one zero of a quadratic polynomial (kx2 + 3x + k) is 2, then the value of k is

(a) 5 (b) - 5
6 6
(c) 6 (d) - 6
5 5
15. The co-ordinates of the point which is reflection of point (- 3, 5) in x -axis are
(a) (3, 5) (b) (3, - 5 )
(c) (- 3, - 5) (d) (- 3, 5)
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 150 cm2
(c) 125 cm2 (d) 400 cm2
17. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1 : 3 then the angle of elevation of the sun is
(a) 90c (b) 45c
(c) 30c (d) 75c
18. The centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (3, - 7), (- 8, 6) and (5, 10) is
(a) (0, 9) (b) (0, 3)
(c) (1, 3) (d) (3, 5)
19. Assertion : The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150, then their LCM is 30
Reason : For any two positive integers a and b, HCF â, b h + LCM â, b h = a # b .
20. Assertion : 4x2 − 12x + 9 = 0 has repeated roots.

Reason : The quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 have repeated roots if discriminant D > 0 .
Section - B
21. In a rectangle ABCD, E is a point on AB such that AE = 23 AB. If AB = 6 km and AD = 3 km, then find DE.

22. In the given figure PQ is chord of length 6 cm of the circle of radius 6 cm. TP and TQ are tangents to the circle
at points P and Q respectively. Find +PTQ .
23. Find the value of sin 30º cos 60º + cos 30º sin 60º is it equal to sin 90º or cos 90º ?
24. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution.
Class 0- 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 8 10 10 16 12 6 7
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The data regarding marks obtained by 48 students of a class in a class test is given below. Calculate the modal
marks of students.
Marks obtained 0-5 5- 10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50
Number of students 1 0 2 0 0 10 25 7 2 1
25. Show that 571 is a prime number.

O
If two positive integers p and q are written as p = a b and q = a3 b, where a and b are prime numbers than verify
2 3
LCM (p, q) # HCF (q, q) = pq
Section - C
26. Find the middle term of the AP 7, 13, 19, ...., 247.
27. Prove that ^sin θ + cosec θh2 + ^cos θ + sec θh2 = 7 + tan2 θ + cot2 θ
28. The circumference of a circle exceeds the diameter by 16.8 cm. Find the radius of the circle. Use π = 22
7 .
O
Find the area of shaded region shown in the given figure where a circular arc of radius 6 cm has been drawn with
vertex O of an equilateral triangle OAB of side 12 cm as centre.
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29. The marks obtained by 110 students in an examination are given below
Marks 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65

Number of Students 14 16 28 23 18 8 3
Find the mean marks of the students.
30. If the point C ^- 1, 2h divides internally the line segment joining the points A ^2, 5h and B ^x, y h in the ratio 3: 4,
find the value of x2 + y2 .
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Find the ratio in which the point ^- 3, p h divides the line segment joining the points ^- 5, - 4h and ^- 2, 3h .Hence
find the value of p.
31. 144 cartons of Coke cans and 90 cartons of Pepsi cans are to be stacked in a canteen. If each stack is of the same
height and if it equal contain cartons of the same drink, what would be the greatest number of cartons each stack
would have?
Section - D
32. Determine graphically whether the following pair of linear equations :

3x - y = 7
2x + 5y + 1 = 0 has :
unique solution
infinitely many solutions or
no solution.
O
Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:
x + 3y = 12, 2x − 3y = 12
Also shade the region bounded by the line 2x − 3y = 2 and both the co-ordinate axes.
33. a, b and c are the sides of a right triangle, where c is the hypotenuse. A circle, of radius r , touches the sides of
the triangle. Prove that r = a + b − c .
2

34. A vertical tower stands on horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-staff of height 6 m. At a point
on the ground, angle of elevation of the bottom and top of the flag-staff are 30c and 45c respectively. Find the
height of the tower. (Take 3 = 1.73 )
O
From the top of tower, 100 m high, a man observes two cars on the opposite sides of the tower with the angles of
depression 30c and 45c respectively. Find the distance between the cars. (Use 3 = 1.73 )
35. The internal and external diameters of a hollow hemispherical vessel are 16 cm and 12 cm respectively. If the cost
of painting 1 cm2 of the surface area is Rs. 5.00, find the total cost of painting the vessel all over. (Use π = 3.14 )
Section - E
36. Riya has a lawn with a flowerbed and grass land. The grass land is in the shape of rectangle while flowerbed is in
the shape of square. The length of the grassland is found to be 3 m more than twice the length of the flowerbed.
Total area of the whole lawn is 1260 m2.
(i) If the length of the flowerbed is x m then what is the total length of the lawn ?
(ii) What is the value of x if the area of total lawn is 1260 m2 ?
(iii) What is the area of grassland ?
O
What is the ratio of area of flowerbed to area of grassland ?
37. Rani wants to make the curtains for her window as shown in the figure. The window is in the shape of a rectangle,
whose width and height are in the ratio 2 : 3 . The area of the window is 9600 square cm.

(i) What is the shape of the window that is uncovered?

(ii) What will be the ratio of two sides of each curtain (other than hypotenuse) ?
(iii) What are the dimensions of the window ?
O
How much window area is covered by the curtains?
38. Family Structures : For a recent year, 51% of the families in the United States had no children under the age of
18; 20% had one child; 19% had two children; 7% had three children; and 3% had four or more children.
If a family is selected at random, find the following probability.

(i) Find the probability that the family has two or three children.
(ii) Find the probability that the family has more than one child.
(iii) Find the probability that the family has less than three children.
O
Find the probability that the family has more than three children.
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Sample Paper 10
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. While computing mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are
(a) evenly distributed over all the classes (b) centred at the class marks of the classes
(c) centred at the upper limits of the classes (d) centred at the lower limits of the classes
2. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a prime number?

(a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 12 (d) 1
4
3. Select the least number that is divisible by all numbers between 1 and 10 (both inclusive).
(a) 2520 (b) 5040 (c) 1010 (d) 2020
4. If one root of the equation (k − 1) x2 − 10x + 3 = 0 is the reciprocal of the other then the value of k is .........
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
5. If p and q are the zeroes of polynomial f ^x h = 2x2 − 7x + 3 , the value of p2 + q2 will be

(a) 395 (b) 395 (c) 374 (d) 4
37
6. If m and n are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x2 + 11x − 4 , then value of m
n + mn will be
12
(a) 145 (b) - 145
12
(c) - 145
12 (d) 145
12
7. Two lines are given to be parallel. The equation of one of the lines is 4x + 3y = 14 , then the equation of the second
line will be
(a) 12x + 9x = 42 (b) 12x + 9y = 5 (c) 12x + 8y = 15 (d) 12x + 8y = 42

8. In the figure given below, ABCD is a rectangle. The values of x and y will be
9. The quadratic equation x2 + x − 5 = 0 has

10. The 4th term from the end of an AP - 11, - 8 , - 5 , ....., 49 is

(a) 37 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 58
1 - p 1 - 2p
11. The common difference of the AP 1 , , , ... is
p p p
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) - 1 (d) - 1
p p
ABC and BDE is ................. .
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1
13. If the point C (k, 4) divides the line segment joining two points A (2, 6) and B (5, 1) in ratio 2 : 3, the value of k
is ......... .
(a) 165 (b) 165 (c) 95 (d) 59
14. If x = 3 sin θ + 4 cos θ and y = 3 cos θ − 4 sin θ then x2 + y2 is

(a) 25 (b) 45 (c) 7 (d) 49
15. If k + 1 = sec2 θ ^1 + sin θh^1 − sin θh, then the value of k. will be
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 15
16. If the height and length of the shadow of a man are equal, then the angle of elevation of the sun is,
(a) 45c (b) 60c (c) 90c (d) 120c
17. If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the area of a circle of radius R , then
(a) R1 + R2 = R (b) R12 + R22 = R2 (c) R1 + R2 < R (d) R12 + R22 < R2
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 1

19. Assertion : The equation x2 + 3x + 1 = ^x − 2h2 is a quadratic equation.

Reason : Any equation of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0 where a ! 0 , is called a quadratic equation.
20. Assertion : If in a circle, the radius of the circle is 3 cm and distance of a point from the centre of a circle is 5 cm,
then length of the tangent will be 4 cm.
Reason : (hypotenuse) 2 = (base) 2 + (height) 2
Section - B
21. Explain whether 3 # 12 # 101 + 4 is a prime number or a composite number.
22. Form a quadratic polynomial p ^x h with 3 and - 2 as sum and product of its zeroes, respectively.
5
O
If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f (x) = 5x2 − 7x + 1 then find the value of ` αβ + αβ j
23. If A ^ m3 , 5h is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points Q (- 6, 7) and R (- 2, 3), then what is the value
of m ?
of AE ?

O
In Figure +D = +E and AD = AE , prove that TBAC is an isosceles triangle.
DB EC
25. A bag contains cards bearing numbers from 11 to 30. A card is taken out from the bag at random. Find the
probability that the selected card has multiple of 5 on it.
Section - C
26. Given that 2 is irrational, prove that (5 + 3 2 ) is an irrational number.
27. What is the value of x in given figure?

sec 30º sec 60º
29. An isosceles triangle ABC , with AB = AC , circumscribes a circle, touching BC at P , AC at Q and AB at R .

Prove that the contact point P bisects BC .
30. A glass is in the shape of a cylinder of radius 7 cm and height 10 cm. Find the volume of juice in litre required to
fill 6 such glasses. Use π = 227
O
The volume of a right circular cylinder with its height equal to the radius is 25 71 cm3 . Find the height of the
cylinder. Ûse π = 227 h

31. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution :
Class 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45

O
The marks obtained by 110 students in an examination are given below
Marks 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65

Number of Students 14 16 28 23 18 8 3
Find the mean marks of the students.
Section - D
32. Write all the values of p for which the quadratic equation x2 + px + 16 = 0 has equal roots. Find the roots of the
equation so obtained.
O
In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. The average speed of the trip was reduced
by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. Find the duration of flight.
33. If the point P ^x, y h is equidistant from the points Q â + b, b − a h and R â − b, a + b h , then prove that bx = ay .
34. a, b and c are the sides of a right triangle, where c is the hypotenuse. A circle, of radius r , touches the sides of
the triangle. Prove that r = a + b − c .
2
O
In figure O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT = 13 cm and OT intersects circle at
35. Four equal circles are described at the four corners of a square so that each touches two of the others. The shaded
area enclosed between the circle is 247 cm2. Find the radius of each circle.

Section - E
36. Arc of a Baby Swing : When Mackenzie’s baby swing is started, the first swing (one way) is a 30 inch arc. As the
swing slows down, each successive arc is 1.5 inch less than the previous one.
(i) Find the length of the tenth swing.
(ii) How far Mackenzie has travelled during the 10 swings ?
37. Statue of Unity : It is a colossal statue of Indian statesman and independence activist Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel,
who was the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home minister of independent India.
Patel was highly respected for his leadership in uniting the 562 princely states of India to form the single Union
of India. It is located in the state of Gujarat and it is the world’s tallest statue.
(i) For a person standing 240 m from the center of the base of the statue, the angle of elevation to the top of
the statue is 45c . How tall is the statue?
(ii) A cop in helicopter near the top of the statue, notices a car wreck some distance from the statue. If the angle
of depression from the cop’s eyes to the wreck is 60c , how far away is the accident from the centre of base
of the statue?

38. Eight Ball : This is a game played on a pool table with 15 balls numbered 1 through 15 and a cue ball that is solid
white. Of the 15 numbered balls, 8 are a solid (nonwhite) color and numbered 1 through 8, and seven are striped
balls numbered 9 through 15.
The fifteen numbered pool balls (no cueball) are placed in a large bowl and mixed, then one is drawn out.
(i) What is the probability of drawing the eight ball ?
(ii) What is the probability of drawing a number greater than fifteen ?
(iii) What is the probability of drawing an even number ?
(iv) What is the probability of drawing a multiple of three ?
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Sample Paper 11
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. A bag contains 6 red and 5 blue balls. What is the probability that the ball drawn is not red?
(a) 115 (b) 116 (c) 112 (d) 117
2. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime-factorisation of 1764 is

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
3. If sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x2 − kx + 6 is 3, then the value of k will be
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 9
4. Select the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are reciprocals of the zeroes of the polynomial f (x) = ax2 + bx + c
, a ! 0, c ! 0.
(a) bx2 + ax + c (b) ax2 + cx + b (c) cx2 + bx + a (d) bx2 + cx + a
5. If a and b are the zeroes of polynomial x2 + ax + b , the values of a and b are

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and –2 (c) –2 and 1 (d) 2 and 1
6. What do you say about the lines represented by 2x + y = 3 and 4x + 2y = 6 ?

(a) lines are parallel (b) lines are coincident (c) lines are intersecting (d) can’t say anything
7. Select the value of k for which the pair of Linear equations kx + y = d2 and x + ky = 1 have infinitely many
solutions.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
8. The quadratic equation x2 − 4x + 3 2 = 0 has


9. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, ..... is

(a) - 320 (b) 320 (c) - 352 (d) - 400

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 20 (d) 28
11. The perimeters of two similar triangles are 25 cm and 15 cm respectively. If one side of the first triangle is 9 cm,
then the corresponding side of second triangle is ................... .
(a) 4.2 cm (b) 5.4 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 6 cm
12. The distance of a point P (x, y) from the origin is

(a) x2 − xy + y2 (b) x2 + xy + y2 (c) x2 + y2 (d) x2 + 3xy + y2
13. In a triangle ABC, cos b B + C l will be

2
A
(a) sin 4 (b) cos A (c) sin A2 (d) cos A2
14. sin A − 2 sin3 A = ?

2 cos3 A − cos A
(a) sin A (b) tan A (c) cos A (d) cot A
15. In the given figure, the positions of the observer and the object are mentioned, the angle of depression is
(a) 30c (b) 90c (c) 60c (d) 45c
16. In the given figure, a circle touches all the four sides of quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 6 cm , BC = 7 cm and
CD = 4 cm , then length of AD is
(a) 3 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 5 cm (d) 6 cm

17. Volume of a spherical shell is given by

(a) 4π (R2 − r2) (b) π (R3 − r3) (c) 4π (R3 − r3) (d) 4
3 π (R3 − r3)
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25

Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
(a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35
19. Assertion : The roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 2x + 2 = 0 are imaginary.

Reason : If discriminant D = b2 − 4ac < 0 then the roots of quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are imaginary.
20. Assertion : In a circle of radius 6 cm, the angle of a sector 60c. Then the area of the sector is 18 76 cm2 .
Reason : Area of the circle with radius r is πr2 .
Section - B
21. Check whether 4n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n .
22. If α and β are zeroes of x2 − ^k − 6h x + 2 ^2k − 1h , find the value of k if α + β = 12 αβ .

O
Find the quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are - 3 and 2 respectively. Hence find the
zeroes.
23. If the distance between the points A (4, p) and B (1, 0) is 5 units then what are the values of p ?
24. In the figure, PQRS is a trapezium in which PQ || RS. On PQ and RS, there are points E and F respectively
such that EF intersects SQ at G . Prove that EQ # GS = GQ # FS.

O
In the given figure, +A = +B and AD = BE. Show that DE || AB.
25. Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously. What is the probability that she gets :
(i) at least one head ?
(ii) one head and one tail ?
Section - C
28. If sin A = 3 , find the value of 2 cot2 A - 1.

2
29. If a circle touches the side BC of a triangle ABC at P and extended sides AB and AC at Q and R , respectively,
prove that AQ = 12 (BC + CA + AB)
30. If the total surface area of a solid hemisphere is 462 cm2, find its volume. Use π = 22
7
O
A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Figure.
If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.

31. Find the median of the following data :
Height (in cm) Less than 120 Less than 140 Less than 160 Less than 180 Less than 200
Number of students 12 26 34 40 50
O
Find the mean of the following distribution :
Height (in cm) Less than 75 Less than 100 Less than 125 Less than 150 Less than 175 Less than 200
No. of students 5 11 14 18 21 28
Height (in cm) Less than 225 Less than 250 Less than 275 Less than 300
No. of students 33 37 45 50
Section - D
32. If the roots of the quadratic equation ^x − a h^x − b h + ^x − b h^x − c h + ^x − c h^x − a h = 0 are equal. Then show that
a = b = c.
O
A fast train takes 3 hours less than a slow train for a journey of 60 km. If the speed of the slow train is 10 km/h
less than that of the fast train, find the speed of each train.
33. Find the ratio in which the point P ^ 34 , 125 h divides the line segment joining the point A ^ 12 , 32 h and ^2, - 5h .
34. From a point T outside a circle of centre O , tangents TP and TQ are drawn to the circle. Prove that OT is the
right bisector of line segment PQ .
O
In Figure, PQ and RS are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another tangent AB with point of
contact C intersecting PQ at A and RS at B . Prove that +AOB = 90c.

35. Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/hr through a cylindrical pipe of diameter 14 cm into a cuboidal pond which
is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time the level of water in pond rise by 21 cm ?
Section - E
36. TOWER OF PISA : To prove that objects of different weights fall at the same rate, Galileo dropped two objects
with different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. The objects hit the ground at the same time. When
an object is dropped from a tall building, it falls about 16 feet in the first second, 48 feet in the second, and 80
feet in the third second, regardless of its weight.
(i) How many feet would an object fall in the sixth second?
(ii) How many feet would an object fall in the six second?
(iii) How many feet would an object fall in the eight second?
37. Speed Limit Enforcement : Rajendra works in traffic police and manage traffic on highway. His van is having radar
detection equipment. He takes up a hidden position 50 meter from the highway. Using a sighting device he finds
the angle between his position and a road sign in the distance is 60c .
He then uses a stop watch to determine how long it takes a vehicle to pass her location and reach the road sign.
In quick succession—an 18-wheeler, a truck, and a car pass her position, with the time each takes to travel this
distance noted. Find the speed of each vehicle in miles per hour if
(i) the 18-wheeler takes 8 sec,
(ii) the truck takes 6 sec,
(iii) the car takes 4 sec.

38. Abhinav Bindra is retired sport shooter and currently India’s only individual Olympic gold medalist. His gold in
the 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was also India’s first Olympic gold medal since 1980.
He is the first Indian to have held concurrently the world and Olympic titles for the men’s 10-meter air rifle event,
having earned those honors at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships.
Bindra has also won nine medals at the Commonwealth Games and three gold medals at the Asian Games.
A circular dartboard has a total radius of 8 inch, with circular bands that are 2 inch wide, as shown in figure.
Abhinav is still skilled enough to hit this board 100% of the time so he always score at least two points each time
he throw a dart. Assume the probabilities are related to area, on the next dart that he throw.
(i) What is the probability that he score at least 4 ?
(ii) What is the probability that he score at least 6 ?
(iii) What is the probability that he hit bull’s eye ?
(iv) What is the probability that he score exactly 4 points ?
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Sample Paper 12
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. If the mean of the squares of first n natural numbers is 105, then the first n natural numbers is
(a) 8 (b) 9
(c) 10 (d) 11
2. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 99x + 127 are

(a) both positive (b) both negative
(c) one positive and one negative (d) both equal
3. A fair die is thrown once. The probability of getting a composite number less than 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 1
3 6
(c) 2 (d) 0
3
4. If x = a and y = b is the solution of the equations x − y = 2 and x + y = 4 , then the values of a and b are,
respectively
(a) 3 and 5 (b) 5 and 3
(c) 3 and 1 (d) - 1 and - 3
5. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of a transmission tower fixed at the
top of a 20 m high building are 45c and 60c respectively, then the height of the tower is
(a) 14.64 m (b) 28.64 m
(c) 38.64 m (d) 19.64 m

6. The quadratic equation 5x2 − 3x + 1 = 0 has

(c) no real roots
7. The P Âh denotes the probability of an event A, then

(a) P Âh < 0 (b) P Âh > 1
(c) 0 # P Âh # 1 (d) - 1 # P Âh # 1
8. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial 2x2 − 13x + 6 , then α + β is equal to
(a) - 3 (b) 3
(c) 13 (d) - 13
2 2
9. A solid piece of iron in the form of a cuboid of dimensions 49 cm # 33 cm # 24 cm , is moulded to form a solid
sphere. The radius of the sphere is
(a) 21 cm (b) 23 cm
(c) 25 cm (d) 19 cm
10. The area of a right angled triangle is 40 sq cm and its perimeter is 40 cm. The length of its hypotenuse is
(a) 16 cm (b) 18 cm
(c) 17 cm (d) data insufficient
11. If cos A = 4 , then the value of tan A is

5
(a) 3 (b) 3
5 4
(c) 4 (d) 5
3 3
12. In the figure, PQ is parallel to MN. If KP = 4 and KN = 20.4 cm then find KQ.
PM 13
(a) 4.8 cm (b) 4.6 cm

(c) 4.4 cm (d) 4.2 cm

13. A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 min and summarised
in the table give below.
Number of cars Frequency

0-10 7
10-20 14
20-30 13
30-40 12
40-50 20
50-60 11
60-70 15
70-80 08
Then, the mode of the data is
(a) 34.7 (b) 44.7
(c) 54.7 (d) 64.7
14. In the given figure, a circle touches all the four sides of quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 6 cm , BC = 7 cm and
CD = 4 cm , then length of AD is
(a) 3 cm (b) 4 cm
(c) 5 cm (d) 6 cm
15. A tree is broken by the wind. The top struck the ground at an angle of 30c and at distance of 10 m from its root.
The whole height of the tree is ( 3 = 1.732)
(a) 10 3 m (b) 3 10 m
(c) 20 3 m (d) 3 20 m
16. In figure, if +AOB = 125c, then +COD is equal to
(a) 62.5c (b) 45c

(c) 35c (d) 55c

17. If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the area of a circle of radius R , then
(a) R1 + R2 = R (b) R12 + R22 = R2
(c) R1 + R2 < R (d) R12 + R22 < R2
18. In figure, on a circle of radius 7 cm, tangent PT is drawn from a point P such that PT = 24 cm. If O is the centre
of the circle, then the length of PR is
(a) 30 cm (b) 28 cm
(c) 32 cm (d) 25 cm
19. Assertion : If sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 − 4n. Then its n th term is an = 6n − 7 .
Reason : n th term of an AP, whose sum to n terms is Sn , is given by an = Sn − Sn − 1
20. Assertion : sin2 67c + cos2 67c = 1

Reason : For any value of θ, sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1
Section - B
21. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is n2 , then find its 10th term.
22. Two tangents PA and PB are drawn from an external point P to a circle inclined to each other at an angle of
70º, then what is the value of +PAB ?
23. Find the ratio in which the point P ^ 34 , 125 h divides the line segment joining the point A ^ 12 , 32 h and ^2, - 5h .
24. If two positive integers p and q are written as p = a2 b3 and q = a3 b, where a and b are prime numbers than verify

O
Prove that 3 + 5 is an irrational number.
25. The fifth term of an AP is 20 and the sum of its seventh and eleventh terms is 64. Find the common difference.
O
For AP show that a p + a p + 2q = 2a p + q .
Section - C
26. Solve for x and y :

x + 2y =− 1
2 3
y
x- =3
3
27. Solve for x :

1 1 = 2 ; x ! 1 , 2, 3
^x − 1h^x − 2h ^x − 2h^x − 3h 3
+
28. In given figure, two circles touch each other at the point C . Prove that the common tangent to the circles at C ,
bisects the common tangent at P and Q .
O
In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to a circle from an external point P such that PA = 4 cm and +BAC
= 135º . Find the length of chord AB .

29. A 7 m long flagstaff is fixed on the top of a tower standing on the horizontal plane. From point on the ground,
the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are 60º and 45º respectively. Find the height of the
tower correct to one place of decimal.(Use 3 = 1.73)
30. Water in a canal, 6 m wide and 1.5 m deep, is flowing with a speed of 10 km/hour. How much area will it irrigate
in 30 minutes; if 8 cm standing water is needed?
O
The radii of two right circular cylinders are in the ratio of 2 | 3 and their height are in the ratio of 5 | 4 .
Calculate the ratio of their curved surface area and radio of their volumes.
31. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number which (i) is a prime number (ii) lies between 2
and 6.
Section - D
32. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial p (x) = 6x2 − 5x + k such that α − β = 16 , Find the value of k.
O
Polynomial x + 7x + 7x + px + q is exactly divisible by x2 + 7x + 12 , then find the value of p and q .
4 3 2
33. Prove that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to sum of squares of other two sides.
O
Prove that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to sum of squares of other two sides. Using
the above result, prove that, in rhombus ABCD, 4AB2 = AC2 + BD2 .
34. Given that tan Â + B h = tan A + tan B , find the values of tan 75º and tan 90º by taking suitable values of A
1 − tan A tan B
and B.
O
Prove that : tan θ + cot θ = 1 + tan θ + cot θ.
1 − cot θ 1 − tan θ
35. In fig., two circular flower beds have been shown on two sides of a square lawn ABCD of side 56 m. If the centre
of each circular flower bed is the point of intersection O of the diagonals of the square lawn, find the sum of the
areas of the lawn and flower beds.

Section - E
36. Traffic Management : A traffic enforcement camera is a camera which may be mounted beside or over a road or
installed in an enforcement vehicle to detect motoring offenses, including speeding, vehicles going through a red
traffic light. A worldwide review of studies found that speed cameras led to a reduction of 11% to 44% for fatal
and serious injury crashes. The British Medical Journal recently reported that speed cameras were effective at
reducing accidents and injuries in their vicinity and recommended wider deployment.
In order to monitor reckless driving on Mumbai road, special cameras have been installed at many traffic light.
The following table shows a frequency distribution table for the speed of 100 vehicles passing through a particular
spot on a day.
Speed (in km/h) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Number of Vehicles 1 3 7 16 35 29 7 2
(i) Find the number of vehicles whose speed is more than 70 km/h and find the number of vehicles whose speed
is less than 50 km/h ?
(ii) What is the mode value of speed ?
(iii) What is the median value of speed ?
O
(iv) Find the mean value of speed using empirical relation.

37. A garden is in the shape of rectangle. Gardener grew sapling of Ashoka tree on the boundary of garden at the
distance of 1 meter from each other. He want to decorate the garden with rose plants. He choose triangular region
inside the park to grow rose plants. On the above situation, gardener took help from the students of class 10th.
They made a chart for it which looks as the above figure.
(i) If A is taken as origin, What are the coordinates of triangle PQR ?

(ii) If C is taken as origin, what is the co-ordinate of point P ?
(iii) If B is taken as origin, what are the co-ordinate of P ?
(iv) What is distance between P and Q if origin is taken A?
38. Pyramid, in architecture, a monumental structure constructed of or faced with stone or brick and having a
rectangular base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at an apex. Pyramids have been built at various times
in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, western Asia, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, India, Thailand, Mexico, South America, and on
some islands of the Pacific Ocean. Those of Egypt and of Central and South America are the best known.
The volume and surface area of a pyramid with a square base of area a2 and height h is given by
ha2
V = 3 and S = a 2 + 2a ^ a2 h + h2
2

A pyramid has a square base and a volume of 3y 3 + 18y2 + 27y cubic units.

(i) If its height is y , then what polynomial represents the length of a side of the square base ?
(ii) If area of base is 576 metre, what is the side of base?
(iii) What is the height of pyramid at above area of base ? What is the ratio of length of side to the height ?
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(iv) What is surface area of pyramid ?
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Sample Paper 13
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. Two different dice are tossed together. What is the probability that the number on each die is even ?
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 34 (d) 16
2. The HCF and LCM of 378, 180 and 420 of will be

3. If - 1 is a zero of the polynomial f (x) = x2 − 7x − 8 , then other zero is

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) –4
4. Which of the following is not the graph of a quadratic polynomial?

5. What do you say about the solution of the pair of linear equations y = 0 and y = − 5 ?
6. Given the linear equation 3x + 4y = 9 . Select another linear equation in these two variables such that the
geometrical representation of the pair so formed is intersecting lines.
(a) 3x − 5y = 10 (b) 6x + 8y = 18 (c) 8x + 12y = 18 (d) above all
7. A fraction becomes 13 when 2 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes 1

2 when 1 is subtracted from the
denominator. The fraction will be
(a) 157 (b) 158 (c) 156 (d) 9
15
8. The quadratic equation 3x2 + 4 3 x + 4 has

9. The quadratic equation x2 − 4x − 3 2 = 0 has

10. The 11th term of an AP - 5 , - 5 , 0, 5 , ....., is

2 2
(a) - 20 (b) 20 (c) - 30 (d) 30
ar (TAMN)
11. In figure, MN < BC and AM : MB = 1 : 2 , then = ................... .
ar (TABC)
1 1 8 5
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 9 (d) 9
12. If the point P ^x, y h is equidistant from the points Q â + b, b − a h and R â − b, a + b h then,
(a) 2ay = xy (b) bx = ay (c) ab = xy (d) by = ax
13. If tan 2A = cot Â + 60ºh , where 2A is an acute angle, the value of A will be
(a) 20° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 10°
14. 1 − sin θ = ?
1 + sin θ
(a) sin q - cos q (b) sec q - tan q (c) sec q + tan q (d) sin q + cos q

(a) 5 m (b) 10 m
(c) 15 m (d) 20 m
16. In the given figure, two tangents AB and AC are drawn to a circle with centre O such that +BAC = 120c, then
OA is equal to that
(a) 2AB (b) 3AB (c) 4AB (d) 5AB

(a) h1 : h2 (b) s1 : s2 (c) r1 : r2 (d) None of these
18. For the following distribution:
Marks Number of students

Below 10 3
Below 20 12
Below 30 27
Below 40 57
Below 50 75
Below 60 80
The modal class is
(a) 10-20 (b) 20-30 (c) 30-40 (d) 50-60
19. Assertion : Sum of first 10 terms of the arithmetic progression - 0.5 , - 1.0, - 1.5 , .......... is 31.
Reason : Sum of n terms of an AP is given as Sn = n2 [2a + (n − 1) d ] where a is first term and d common
difference.
20. Assertion : If the outer and inner diameter of a circular path is 10 m and 6 m then area of the path is 16π m2 .
Reason : If R and r be the radius of outer and inner circular path, then area of path is π ^R2 − r2h .

Section - B
21. Write a rational number between 2 and 3.
22. Find the sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, .....

O
What is the sum of five positive integer divisible by 6.
23. If three points (0, 0), (3, 3 ) and (3, λ) form an equilateral triangle, then what is the value of λ ?
24. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm, subtends a right angle at its centre. What is the length of the chord?
O
In figure, on a circle of radius 7 cm, tangent PT is drawn from a point P such that PT = 24 cm. If O is the centre
of the circle, then what is the length of PR ?
25. In a family of two children find the probability of having at least one girl.
Section - C
26. The length, breadth and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm respectively. Find the length
of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room exactly.
28. If θ be an acute angle and 5 cosec θ = 7 , then evaluate sin θ + cos2 θ − 1.
29. In given figure, two circles touch each other at the point C . Prove that the common tangent to the circles at C ,
bisects the common tangent at P and Q .

30. In Figure, PQ and AB are two arcs of concentric circles of radii 7 cm and 3.5 cm respectively, with centre O . If
+POQ = 30c, then find the area of shaded region.
O
A horse is tethered to one corner of a rectangular field of dimensions 70 m # 52 m , by a rope of length 21 m. How
much area of the field can it graze?
31. Two dice are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
(i) an even number on both dice.
(ii) the sum of two numbers more than 9.
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In a family of three children, find the probability of having at least two boys.
Section - D
32. Determine graphically whether the following pair of linear equations :

3x - y = 7
2x + 5y + 1 = 0 has :
(a) unique solution
(b) infinitely many solutions or
(c) no solution.
O
For Uttarakhand flood victims two sections A and B of class contributed Rs. 1,500. If the contribution of X-A was
Rs. 100 less than that of X-B, find graphically the amounts contributed by both the sections.
33. If the mid-point of the line segment joining A 8 x2 , y +2 1B and B ^x + 1, y − 3h is C ^5, - 2h , find x, y.
34. In TABC, AD is a median and O is any point on AD. BO and CO on producing meet AC and AB at E and F
respectively. Now AD is produced to X such that OD = DX as shown in figure.
Prove that :
(1) EF || BC
(2) AO : AX = AF : AB

O
In the figure, +BED = +BDE and E is the mid-point of BC . Prove that AF = AD .
CF BE
35. A milk tanker cylindrical in shape having diameter 2 m and length 4.2 m supplies milk to the two booths in
the ratio of 3 | 2 . One of the milk booths has cuboidal vessel having base area 3.96 sq. m. and the other has a
cylindrical vessel having radius 1 m. Find the level of milk in each of the vessels. Use π = 227
Section - E
36. Nidhi and Ria are very close friends. Nidhi’s parents own a Maruti Alto. Ria’s parents own a Toyota Liva. Both
the families decide to go for a picnic to Somnath temple in Gujrat by their own cars.

Nidhi’s car travels x km/h while Ria’s car travels 5 km/h more than Nidhi’s car. Nidhi’s car took 4 hrs more than
Ria’s car in covering 400 km.
(i) What will be the distance covered by Ria’s car in two hour? Write the quadratic equation that describe the
speed of Nidhi’s car?
(ii) What is the speed of Nidhi’s car?
(iii) How much time did Ria take to travel 400 km?
(iv) How much time did Nidhi take to travel 400 km?
37. Width of a Lake : The angle of depression to one side of a lake, measured from a balloon 300 meter above the
lake as shown in the accompanying figure, is 45c . The angle of depression to the opposite side of the lake is 30c .
(i) Find the width of the lake.
(ii) Find the ground distance of balloon from sides of lake.
38. Transport department of a Jaipur wants to buy some Electric buses for the city. For which they wants to analyse
the distance travelled by existing public transport buses in a day.
The following data shows the distance travelled by 60 existing public transport buses in a day.
Daily distance travelled (in km) 200-209 210-219 220-229 230-239 240-249
Number of buses 4 14 26 10 6
Base on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the median class of daily distance travelled ?
(ii) What is the cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class ? Find the median of the distance
travelled.
(iii) If the mode of the distance travelled is 223.78 km, find the mean of the distance travelled by the bus .
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Sample Paper 14
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
tower is
(a) 25 3 m (b) 50 3 m
(c) 75 3 m (d) 150 m
2. A fair die is thrown once. The probability of getting a composite number less than 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 1
3 6
(c) 2 (d) 0
3
3. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, ..... is

(a) - 320 (b) 320
(c) - 352 (d) - 400
4. A race track is in the form of a ring whose inner and outer circumference are 437 m and 503 m respectively. The
area of the track is
(a) 66 sq. cm. (b) 4935 sq. cm.
(c) 9870 sq. cm (d) None of these
5. Two concentric circles are of radii 10 cm and 8 cm, then the length of the chord of the larger circle which touches
the smaller circle is
(a) 6 cm (b) 12 cm
(c) 18 cm (d) 9 cm

6. The equation 2x2 + 2 ^p + 1h x + p = 0, where p is real, always has roots that are
(a) Equal
(b) Equal in magnitude but opposite in sign
(c) Irrational
(d) Real
7. Mode of the following grouped frequency distribution is
Class Frequency
3-6 2
6-9 5
9-12 10
12-15 23
15-18 21
18-21 12
21-24 03
(a) 13.6 (b) 15.6
(c) 14.6 (d) 16.6
8. Which of the following statement is false?

(a) All isosceles triangles are similar.
(b) All quadrilateral are similar.
(c) All circles are similar.
(d) None of the above
9. In the given figure, DE z BC . The value of EC is
(a) 1.5 cm (b) 3 cm

(c) 2 cm (d) 1 cm

(a) h1 : h2 (b) s1 : s2

11. If a regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle of radius r, then its perimeter is

(a) 3r (b) 6r
(c) 9r (d) 12r
12. If sin q − cos q = 0 , then the value of ^sin 4 q + cos 4 qh is

(a) 1 (b) 3
4
(c) 1 (d) 1
2 4
13. The pair of equations y = 0 and y =− 7 has

(a) one solution
(b) two solutions
(d) no solution
(a) 75 m (b) 78.05 m
(c) 226 m (d) None of these
15. If x = p sec θ and y = q tan θ , then

(a) x2 − y2 = p2 q2 (b) x2 q2 − y2 p2 = pq
(c) x2 q2 − y2 p2 = 21 2 (d) x2 q2 − y2 p2 = p2 q2
pq
16. The median of a set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest 4 observation of the set is increased by
2, then the median of the new set
(a) Is increased by 2
(b) Is decreased by 2
(c) Is two times the original median
(d) Remains the same as that of the original set
17. Lowest value of x2 + 4x + 2 is

(a) 0 (b) - 2
(c) 2 (d) 4
18. If a letter is chosen at random from the letter of English alphabet, then the probability that it is a letter of the
word DELHI is
(a) 1 (b) 1
5 26
(c) 5 (d) 21
26 26

19. Assertion : The equation 8x2 + 3kx + 2 = 0 has equal roots then the value of k is ! 83 .
Reason : The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots if D = b2 − 4ac = 0
20. Assertion : If in a circle, the radius of the circle is 3 cm and distance of a point from the centre of a circle is 5 cm,
then length of the tangent will be 4 cm.
Reason : (hypotenuse) 2 = (base) 2 + (height) 2
Section - B
21. If the sum of first m terms of an AP is the same as the sum of its first n terms, show that the sum of its first
(m + n) terms is zero.
22. A circle is inscribed in a TABC touching AB , BC and AC at P , Q and R respectively. If AB = 10 cm

AR = 7 cm and CR = 5 cm , then find the length of BC
23. Find a relation between x and y such that the point P ^x, y h is equidistant from the points A ^- 5, 3h and B ^7, 2h .
24. Explain whether 3 # 12 # 101 + 4 is a prime number or a composite number.

O
Show that 5 6 is an irrational number.
25. Is 184 a term of the sequence 3, 7, 11, .......?

O
The ninth term of an AP is - 32 and the sum of its eleventh and thirteenth term is - 94 . Find the common
difference of the AP
Section - C

2x − 3y + 13 = 0 ; 3x − 2y + 12 = 0

27. Solve the following equation: 1 - 1 = 3 , x ! 0 , 2

x x-2
28. If tangents PA and PB drawn from an external point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at
an angle of 80c, then find +POA .
O
In the given figure, OP is equal to the diameter of a circle with centre O and PA and PB are tangents. Prove
that ABP is an equilateral triangle.
29. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of a tower is 30c and the angle of elevation of the
top of a tower from the foot of the building is 60c. If the tower is 50 m high, then find the height of the building.
30. From a solid cylinder whose height is 15 cm and the diameter is 16 cm, a conical cavity of the same height and
same diameter is hollowed out, Find the total surface area of remaining solid. (Given your answer in terms of π ).
O
A solid right-circular cone of height 60 cm and radius 30 cm is dropped in a right-circular cylinder full of water of
height 180 cm and radius 60 cm. Find the volume of water left in the cylinder in cubic metre. Use π = 227 .
31. An integer is chosen between 70 and 100. Find the probability that it is
(i) a prime number (ii) divisible by 7
Section - D
32. Polynomial x 4 + 7x3 + 7x2 + px + q is exactly divisible by x2 + 7x + 12 , then find the value of p and q .
O
If α and β are the zeroes of polynomial p ^x h = 3x2 + 2x + 1, find the polynomial whose zeroes are 1 − α and
1+α
1−β
.
1+β

33. In the given figure, DEFG is a square and +BAC = 90c. Show that FG2 = BG # FC .
34. If sin θ + cos θ = 3 , then prove that tan θ + cot θ = 1.

O
Evaluate :
tan2 30º sin 30º + cos 60º sin2 90º tan2 60º − 2 tan 45º cos2 0º sin 90º
35. Four equal circles are described at the four corners of a square so that each touches two of the others. The shaded
area enclosed between the circle is 247 cm2. Find the radius of each circle.
Section - E
36. Air Quality Iindex : AQI is an index for reporting air quality on a daily basis. The purpose of the AQI is to help
people know how the local air quality impacts their health. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calculates
the AQI for five major air pollutants :
1. Ground-level ozone
2. Particle pollution/particulate matter (PM2.5/pm 10)
3. Carbon Monoxide
4. Sulfur dioxide
5. Nitrogen dioxide
The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concerns.

Following frequency distribution shows the Air Quality Index of different localities of Delhi on 27th December 2020
reported by Times of India Newspaper on 28th December 2020.
AIQ Number of weeks f

270-280 4
280-290 10
290-300 14
300-310 20
310-320 24
320-330 8
Total 80
(i) Estimate the mean AQI.
(ii) In which class does the median of distribution lie ?
(iii) In which class does the mode of distribution lie ?
O
What is the median AQI?
37. Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of a Gulmohar Society in Delhi have installed three electric poles A, B and
C in a society’s common park. Despite these three poles, some parts of the park are still in dark.
So, RWA decides to have one more electric pole D in the park.
The park can be modelled as a coordinate systems given below.

On the basis of the above information, answer any four of the following questions:
(i) What is the position of the pole C ?
(ii) What is the distance of the pole B from the corner O of the park ?
(iii) Find the position of the fourth pole D so that four points A, B C and D form a parallelogram .
O
What is the distance between poles A and C ?
38. Box : For the box to satisfy certain requirements, its length must be three unit greater than the width, and its
height must be two unit less than the width.
(i) If width is taken as x , find the polynomial that represent volume of box.
(ii) Find the polynomial that represent the area of paper sheet used to make box.
(iii) If it must have a volume of 18 unit, what must be its length and height ?
O
If box is made of a paper sheet which cost is Rs 100 per square unit, what is the cost of paper?
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Sample Paper 15
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The sum and product of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial are 3 and - 10 respectively. The quadratic polynomial
is
(a) x2 − 3x + 10 (b) x2 + 3x − 10
(c) x2 - 3x - 10 (d) x2 + 3x + 10
2. The 11th term of an AP - 5 , - 5 , 0, 5 , ....., is

2 2
(a) - 20 (b) 20
(c) - 30 (d) 30
3. Ratio of volumes of two cylinders with equal height is

(a) H : h (b) R : r
2 2
(c) R :r (d) None of these
4. If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then the lines will be

(a) parallel (b) always coincident
(c) intersecting or coincident (d) always intersecting
5. The sum of the areas of two circle, which touch each other externally, is 153 π . If the sum of their radii is 15, then
the ratio of the larger to the smaller radius is
(a) 4 :1 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 3 :1 (d) None of these

6. Aruna has only < 1 and < 2 coins with her. If the total number of coins that she has is 50 and the amount of money
with her is < 75, then the number of < 1 and < 2 coins are, respectively
(a) 35 and 15 (b) 35 and 20
(c) 15 and 35 (d) 25 and 25
7. If the first term of an AP is - 5 and the common difference is 2, then the sum of the first 6 terms is
(a) 0 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 15
8. The total number of factors of prime number is

(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 2 (d) 3
9. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (8, - 9) and (2, 3) in the ratio 1 : 2 internally lies in the
(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant
(c) III quadrant (d) IV quadrant
10. The co-ordinates of the point which is reflection of point (- 3, 5) in x -axis are
(a) (3, 5) (b) (3, - 5 )
(c) (- 3, - 5) (d) (- 3, 5)
11. If one of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial of the form x2 + ax + b is the negative of the other, then it
(a) has no linear term and the constant term is negative.
(b) has no linear term and the constant term is positive.
(c) can have a linear term but the constant term is negative.
(d) can have a linear term but the constant term is positive.
12. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, then
how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 40 (b) 240
(c) 480 (d) 750
13. Value(s) of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 − kx + k = 0 has equal roots is/are
(a) 0 (b) 4
(c) 8 (d) 0, 8
14. The value of the polynomial x8 − x5 + x2 − x + 1 is

(a) positive for all the real numbers (b) negative for all the real numbers
(c) 0 (d) depends on value of x
15. If 4 tan θ = 3 , then c 4 sin q − cos q m is equal to

4 sin q + cos q
(a) 2 (b) 1
3 3
(c) 1 (d) 3
2 4

is 13 cm. The radius of circle (in cm) is
(a) 10 (b) 5
(c) 12 (d) 7
17. If the mean of the numbers 27 + x , 31 + x, 89 + x 107 + x, 156 + x is 82, then the mean of 130 + x, 126 + x,
68 + x, 50 + x, and 1 + x is
(a) 75 (b) 157
(c) 82 (d) 80
18. If the point P (k, 0) divides the line segment joining the points A (2, - 2) and B (- 7, 4) in the ratio 1 : 2, then
the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) -2 (d) - 1
19. Assertion : In the 3ABC , AB = 24 cm , BC = 10 cm and AC = 26 cm , then 3ABC is a right angle triangle.
Reason : If in two triangles, their corresponding angles are equal, then the triangles are similar.
20. Assertion : In a circle of radius 6 cm, the angle of a sector 60c. Then the area of the sector is 18 76 cm2 .
Reason : Area of the circle with radius r is πr2 .
Section - B
21. In the figure of TABC, the points D and E are on the sides CA, CB respectively such that DE || AB,

O
In the figure of TABC, DE || AB. If AD = 2x, DC = x + 3, BE = 2x − 1 and CE = x, then find the value of x.
22. Prove that tangents drawn at the ends of a chord of a circle make equal angles with the chord.
cos2 (45c + θ) + cos2 (45c − θ)

23. Show that : =1
tan (60c + θ) tan (30c − θ)
24. Find the mean of the following distribution :
Class interval 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30

Frequency 5 4 1 6 4
O
Find the sum of the lower limit of the median class and the upper limit of the modal class :
Classes 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

25. Find the smallest natural number by which 1200 should be multiplied so that the square root of the product is a
rational number.
O
Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number x .

Section - C
26. The 17 th term of an AP is 5 more than twice its 8 th term. If 11 th term of AP is 43, then find its nth term.
27. Prove that : 2 (sin6 θ + cos6 θ) − 3 (sin 4 θ + cos 4 θ) + 1 = 0
28. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60c at the centre. Find the area of sector formed by the arc.
O
A road which is 7 m wide surrounds a circular park whose circumference is 88 m. Find the area of the road.
29. The weekly expenditure of 500 families is tabulated below :
Weekly Expenditure(Rs.) Number of families

0-1000 150
1000-2000 200
2000-3000 75
3000-4000 60
4000-5000 15
Find the median expenditure.
30. The co-ordinates of the vertices of TABC are A ^7, 2h, B ^9, 10h and C ^1, 4h . If E and F are the mid-points of AB
and AC respectively, prove that EF = 12 BC .
O
Find the ratio in which the line 2x + 3y − 5 = 0 divides the line segment joining the points ^8, - 9h and ^2, 1h . Also
find the co-ordinates of the point of division.
31. The length, breadth and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm respectively. Find the length
of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room exactly.

Section - D
32. Solve graphically the pair of linear equations :

3x − 4y + 3 = 0 and 3x + 4y − 21 = 0
Find the co-ordinates of the vertices of the triangular region formed by these lines and x -axis. Also, calculate
the area of this triangle.
O
Solve the following pair of equations graphically:
2x + 3y = 12, x − y − 1 = 0 .
Shade the region between the two lines represented by the above equations and the X -axis.
33. In Figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm and centre O . The tangents at P and Q intersect
at point T . Find the length of TP .
34. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road which is 80 m wide. From
a point P between them on the road, the angle of elevation of the top of a pole is 60c and the angle of depression
from the top of the other pole of point P is 30c. Find the heights of the poles and the distance of the point P
from the poles.
O
Two post are k metre apart and the height of one is double that of the other. If from the mid-point of the line
segment joining their feet, an observer finds the angles of elevation of their tops to be complementary, then find
the height of the shorted post.
35. A toy is in the form of a cylinder of diameter 2 2 m and height 3.5 m surmounted by a cone whose vertical angle
is 90c. Find total surface area of the toy.
Section - E
36. Optimal Pricing Strategy : The director of the National School of Drama must decide what to charge for a ticket
to the comedy drama. If the price is set too low, the theatre will lose money; and if the price is too high, people
won’t come. From past experience she estimates that the profit P from sales (in hundreds) can be approximated
by P (x) =− x2 + 22x − 40 where x is the cost of a ticket and 0 # x # 25 hundred rupees.

(i) What is the lowest and highest cost of a ticket that would allow the theatre to break even?
(ii) If theatre charge Rs 4 hundred for each ticket, what is the profit/loss ?
O
If theatre charge Rs 25 hundred for each ticket, what is the profit/loss ?
(iii) What is the maximum profit which can be earned by theatre ?
37. Radio towers are used for transmitting a range of communication services including radio and television. The
tower will either act as an antenna itself or support one or more antennas on its structure, including microwave
dishes. They are among the tallest human-made structures. There are 2 main types: guyed and self-supporting
structures.
On a similar concept, a radio station tower was built in two sections A and B . Tower is supported by wires from
a point O . Distance between the base of the tower and point O is 36 m. From point O , the angle of elevation of
the top of section B is 30c and the angle of elevation of the top of section A is 45c.
(i) What is the height of the section B ?

(ii) What is the height of the section A ?
(iii) What is the length of the wire structure from the point O to the top of section A ?
O
What is the length of the wire structure from the point O to the top of section B ?

38. Hospital Stays : Hospital records indicated that maternity patients stayed in the hospital for the number of days
shown in the distribution.
Number of days stayed Frequency
3 13
4 22
5 45
6 14
7 6
100
Find these probabilities.

(i) A patient stayed exactly 5 days.
(ii) A patient stayed less than 6 days.
(iii) A patient stayed at most 4 days.
O
A patient stayed at least 5 days.
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Sample Paper 16
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. In the given factor tree what is the composite number x ?
(a) 65 (b) 585 (c) 130 (d) 195
2. The zeroes of the polynomial p ^x h = 4x2 − 12x + 9 will be

(a) 32 and 32 (b) 23 and 13 (c) 2
3 and 1
3 (d) 1
3 and 1
3
3. Which of the following are the zeroes of the polynomial p ^x h = 2x3 − 11x2 + 17x − 6 .
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 12 (d) Above all
4. If the equations kx − 2y = 3 and 3x + y = 5 represent two intersecting lines at unique point, then the value of k
is ........... .
(a) k =− 6 (b) k !- 6 (c) k = 4 (d) k ! 4

5. What do you say about the lines represented by ?

2x + 3y − 9 = 0 and 4x + 6y − 18 = 0
(a) lines are parallel (b) lines are coincident (c) lines are intersecting (d) can’t say anything
6. What are the values of x and y for the following system of equations.
21 + 47 = 110 , 47 + 21 = 162 , x , y ! 0
x y x y
(a) 13 and 12 (b) 13 and 1 (c) 12 and 13 (d) 1
2 and 1

8. The quadratic equation x2 + 4x − 3 2 = 0 has

9. In an AP, if a = 3.5 , d = 0 and n = 101, then an will be

(a) 0 (b) 3.5 (c) 103.5 (d) 104.5
ar (TABC)
10. If TABC + TPQR , and AB = 1 , then =?
PQ 3 ar (TPQR)
(a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 8
9 (d) 5
9
11. If the mid-point of the line segment joining the points A (3, 4) and B (k, 6) is P (x, y) and x + y − 10 = 0 , the value
of k will be
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
12. If sec θ $ sin θ = 0 , then value of θ will be

(a) 0 (b) 90º (c) 45º (d) 3
13. tan 4 θ + tan2 θ = ?

(a) sec2 q - 2 sec 4 q (b) 2 sec2 q - sec 4 q (c) sec2 q - sec 4 q (d) sec 4 q - sec2 q
14. A tree is broken by the wind. The top struck the ground at an angle of 30c and at distance of 10 m from its root.
The whole height of the tree is ( 3 = 1.732)
(a) 10 3 m (b) 3 10 m (c) 20 3 m (d) 3 20 m
15. Two concentric circles are of radii 10 cm and 8 cm, then the length of the chord of the larger circle which touches
the smaller circle is
(a) 6 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 18 cm (d) 9 cm
16. Ratio of volumes of two cylinders with equal height is

(a) H : h (b) R : r (c) R2 : r2 (d) None of these
17. Consider the following frequency distribution
Class 0-5 6-11 12-17 18-23 24-29

Frequency 13 10 15 8 11
The upper limit of the median class is
(a) 17 (b) 17.5 (c) 18 (d) 18.5

18. There are 30 cards of the same size in a bag in which the numbers 1 to 30 are written. One card is taken out of
the bag at random. What is the probability that the number on the selected card is not divisible by 3?
(a) 151 (b) 23 (c) 101 (d) 13
19. Assertion : Common difference of the AP - 5 , - 1 , 3, 7, .......... is 4.

Reason : Common difference of the AP a, a + d, a + 2d, .......... is given by d = a2 − a1
Section - B
21. Show that 5 6 is an irrational number.
22. Find the sum of first ten multiple of 5.

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If the sum of n terms of an AP is 2n + 5n, then find the 4th term.
2
23. If the points A (4, 3) and B (x, 5) are on the circle with centre O (2, 3), then what is the value of x ?
is 13 cm. What is the radius of circle?
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QP is a tangent to a circle with centre O at a point P on the circle. If TOPQ is isosceles, then find +OQR ?
25. A bag contains 3 red, 4 green and 5 white candles, one candle is drawn at random from the bag, find the
probability that candle is not red.
Section - C
27. In TABC, if X and Y are points on AB and AC respectively such that AX


28. Prove that : 1 − cos A = cosec A − cot A

1 + cos A
29. In figure, two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to circle with centre O from an external point T . Prove that
+PTQ = 2+OPQ .
30. A road which is 7 m wide surrounds a circular park whose circumference is 88 m. Find the area of the road.
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Three horses are tied each with 7 m long rope at three corners of a triangular field having sides 20 m, 34 m and
42 m. Find the area of the plot which can be grazed by the horses.
31. An integer is chosen between 70 and 100. Find the probability that it is
(i) a prime number (ii) divisible by 7
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Find the probability that 5 Sundays occur in the month of November of a randomly selected year.
Section - D
32. Determine graphically the coordinates of the vertices of triangle, the equations of whose sides are given by
2y − x = 8 , 5y − x = 14 and y − 2x = 1.
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Aftab tells his daughter, ‘7 years ago, I was seven times as old as you were then. Also, 3 years from now, I shall
be three times as old as you will be.’ Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.
33. Show that the points â, a h , ^- a, - a h and `- 3 a, 3 a j are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
34. In the given figure, DEFG is a square and +BAC = 90c. Show that FG2 = BG # FC .

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In Figure, if TABC + TDEF and their sides of lengths (in cm) are marked along them, then find the lengths of
sides of each triangle.
35. A toy is in the form of a cylinder of diameter 2 2 m and height 3.5 m surmounted by a cone whose vertical angle
is 90c. Find total surface area of the toy.
Section - E
36. John and Priya went for a small picnic. After having their lunch Priya insisted to travel in a motor boat. The speed
of the motor boat was 20 km/hr. Priya being a Mathematics student wanted to know the speed of the current. So
she noted the time for upstream and downstream.
She found that for covering the distance of 15 km the boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream.
(i) Let speed of the current be x km/hr. What will be the speed of the motorboat in upstream ? What is the
relation between speed distance and time?
(ii) Write the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ?
(iii) What is the speed of current ? How much time boat took in downstream ?
37. Height of a Climber : Himalayan Trekking Club has just hiked to the south rim of a large canyon, when they spot a
climber attempting to scale the taller northern face. Knowing the distance between the sheer walls of the northern
and southern faces of the canyon is approximately 150 meter, they attempt to compute the distance remaining for
the climbers to reach the top of the northern rim.
Continue
on next page....

Using a homemade transit, they sight an angle of depression of 60c to the bottom of the north face, and angles of
elevation of 30c and 45c to the climbers and top of the northern rim respectively.
(i) How high is the southern rim of the canyon?
(ii) How high is the northern rim?
(iii) How much farther until the climber reaches the top?
38. Electric scooters are plug-in electric vehicles with two or three wheels. The electricity is stored on board in a
rechargeable battery, which drives one or more electric motors. Leading manufacturer of electric scooter, Hero
Scooter Pvt Ltd wants to declare the mileage of their electric scooters. For this, they recorded the mileage (km/
charge) of 50 scooters of the same model. Details of which are given in the following table.
Mileage (km/charge) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180

Number of scooters 7 12 18 13
(i) What is the average mileage.
(ii) What is the modal value of mileage ?
(iii) What is the median value of mileage ?
(iv) What about the mileage can be claimed by the manufacturer for his scooter ?
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Sample Paper 17
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. In given figure, the graph of a polynomial p (x) is shown. The number of zeroes of p (x) will be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, the value of ^α − βh2 is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) - 1 (d) - 6

3. If α and β are the zeroes of a polynomial x2 − 4 3 x + 3, then the value of α + β − αβ will be

(a) 3 ^2 - 3 h (b) 3 ^2 + 3 h (c) 3 ^4 + 3 h (d) 3 ^4 - 3h
4. If 2x + y = 23 and 4x − y = 19 , the value of (5y - 2x) and ^ yx - 2h will be

(a) - 75 and 31 (b) 31 and - 75 (c) 37 and 72 (d) 2
7 and 37
5. What are the values of x and y for the following system of linear equations ?
2x - y = 2
x + 3y = 15
6. The quadratic equation 5x2 − 3x + 1 = 0 has

7. If the first term of an AP is - 5 and the common difference is 2, then the sum of the first 6 terms is
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 15
8. The first term of AP is p and the common difference is q , then its 10th term is
(a) q + 9p (b) p - 9q (c) p + 9q (d) 2p + 9q
9. In TABC , AB = 6 3 cm , AC = 12 cm and BC = 6 cm , then +B = .................. .

(a) 30c (b) 60c (c) 45c (d) 90c
10. The co-ordinate of the point dividing the line segment joining the points A (1, 3) and B (4, 6) in the ratio 2 : 1 is
......... .
(a) (5, 3) (b) (3, 5) (c) (4, 6) (d) (6, 4)
11. If sin θ + sin2 θ = 1 then cos2 θ + cos 4 θ = ?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 2 (d) 2 3
12. 1+ cot2 α =?
1 + cosec α
(a) cos α (b) tan α (c) cosec α (d) sin α
13. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1 : 3 then the angle of elevation of the sun is
(a) 90c (b) 45c (c) 30c (d) 75c
14. If the circumference of a circle and the perimeter of a square are equal, then
(a) Area of the circle = Area of the square
(b) Area of the circle > Area of the square
(c) Area of the circle < Area of the square
(d) Nothing definite can be said about the relation between the areas of the circle and square
15. Ratio of lateral surface areas of two cylinders with equal height is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) H : h (c) R : r (d) None of these

/ fi p
16. i is equal to
(a) xi + a (b) h (xi - a) (c) xi - a (d) a - xi

h h h
17. A bag contains cards with numbers written on it from 1–80. A card is pulled out at random. What is the
probability that the card shows a perfect square?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 101 (d) 103
18. The decimal representation of 21 will

16 # 15
(a) terminate after 2 decimal place (b) terminate after 3 decimal place
(c) terminate after 4 decimal places (d) terminate after 5 decimal places
19. Assertion : The equation 8x2 + 3kx + 2 = 0 has equal roots then the value of k is ! 83 .
Reason : The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots if D = b2 − 4ac = 0
20. Assertion : PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with centre O . Such that +AOB = 110c, then +APB = 90c.
Reason : The length of two tangents drawn from an external point are equal.
Section - B
21. Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number x .

22. If one zero of the polynomial 2x2 + 3x + λ is 12 , find the value of λ and the other zero.
O
Find the value of k such that the polynomial x − ^k + 6h x + 2 ^2k + 1h has sum of its zeros equal to half of their
2
product.
23. If the centre of a circle is (3, 5) and end points of a diameter are (4, 7) and (2, y ), what is the value of y ?
24. In the given figure, TABC ~TPQR. Find the value of y + z.
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In an equilateral triangle of side 24 cm, find the length of the altitude.
25. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random, find the probability that the letter so chosen is :
(i) a vowel,
(ii) a consonant.
Section - C
would have?
27. In TABC, DE || BC, find the value of x .
29. Prove that the tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of contact.

30. Isha is 10 years old girl. On the result day, Isha and her father Suresh were very happy as she got first position
in the class. While coming back to their home, Isha asked for a treat from her father as a reward for her success.
They went to a juice shop and asked for two glasses of juice.
Aisha, a juice seller, was serving juice to her customers in two types of glasses.
Both the glasses had inner radius 3 cm. The height of both the glasses was 10 cm.
First Type : A glass with hemispherical raised bottom.
Second Type : A glass with conical raised bottom of height 1.5 cm.
Isha insisted to have the juice in first type of glass and her father decided to have the juice in second type of glass.
Out of the two, Isha or her father Suresh, who got more quantity of juice to drink and by how much?
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A sphere of maximum volume is cut out from a solid hemisphere of radius 6 cm. Find the volume of the cut out
sphere.
31. The weekly expenditure of 500 families is tabulated below :
Weekly Expenditure(Rs.) Number of families

0-1000 150
1000-2000 200
2000-3000 75
3000-4000 60
4000-5000 15
Find the median expenditure.
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Following frequency distribution shows the expenditure on milk of 30 households in a locality :
Daily expenditure on milk (Rs.) 0-30 30-60 60-90 90-120 120-150

Find the mode for the above data.

Section - D
32. Find the value of p for which the quadratic equation ^p + 1h x2 − 6 ^p + 1h x + 3 ^p + 9h = 0 , p !- 1 has equal roots.
Hence find the roots of the equation.
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If the price of a book is reduced by < 5, a person can by 4 more books for < 600. Find the original price of the
book.
33. If A ^5, 2h , B ^2, - 2h and C ^- 2, t h are the vertices of a right angled triangle with +B = 90º , then find the value
of t.
34. In Figure the radius of incircle of TABC of area 84 cm2 and the lengths of the segments AP and BP into which
side AB is divided by the point of contact are 6 cm and 8 cm Find the lengths of the sides AC and BC.
O
In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. Determine +APC , if DA and DC are tangents and +ADC = 50c.

35. Fig. depicts a racing track whose left and right ends are semi-circular. The distance between the two inner parallel
line segments is 60 m and they are each 106 m long. If the track is 10 m wide everywhere, find the area of the track.
Section - E
36. It takes 5 toothpicks to build the top trapezoid shown at below. You need 9 toothpicks to build 2 adjoined
trapezoids and 13 toothpicks for 3 trapezoids.
(i) If 1000 toothpicks are available, how many trapezoids will be in the last complete row?
(ii) How many complete rows will there be?
(iii) How many toothpicks will you use to construct these rows?
(iv) Use the numbers in this problem to carefully describe the difference between a sequence and a series.
37. From the observation deck of a seaside building 200 m high, Jignesh sees two fishing boats in the distance. The
angle of depression to the nearer boat is 60c while for the boat farther away the angle is 45c .
(i) How far out to sea is the nearer boat?
(ii) How far apart are the two boats?

38. Family Structures : For a recent year, 51% of the families in the United States had no children under the age of
18; 20% had one child; 19% had two children; 7% had three children; and 3% had four or more children.
If a family is selected at random, find the following probability.

(i) Find the probability that the family has two or three children.
(ii) Find the probability that the family has more than one child.
(iii) Find the probability that the family has less than three children.
(iv) Based on the answers to parts (i), (ii) and (iii) which is most likely to occur? Explain why.
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Sample Paper 18
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The area of a circular ring formed by two concentric circles whose radii are 5.7 cm and 4.3 cm respectively is (Take
π = 3.1416 )
(a) 44 sq. cm. (b) 66 sq. cm.
(c) 22 sq. cm. (d) 33 sq. cm.
2. If the point P (k, 0) divides the line segment joining the points A (2, - 2) and B (- 7, 4) in the ratio 1 : 2, then
the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) -2 (d) - 1
3. The real roots of the equation x2/3 + x1/3 − 2 = 0 are

(a) 1, 8 (b) - 1, - 8
(c) - 1, 8 (d) 1, - 8

(a) - 2 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) 1
5. In figure, AP , AQ and BC are tangents of the circle with centre O . If AB = 5 cm , AC = 6 cm and BC = 4 cm,
then the length of AP (in cm) is

(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 9 (d) 7.5
(a) b 3 l (b) b 3 l
4 1/3 8 1/3
(c) (3) 1/3 (d) 2
(a) 45c (b) 60c
(c) 90c (d) 120c
8. If the points A (4, 3) and B (x, 5) are on the circle with centre O (2, 3), then the value of x is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
9. x and y are 2 different digits. If the sum of the two digit numbers formed by using both the digits is a perfect
square, then value of x + y is
(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13
10. In a number of two digits, unit’s digit is twice the tens digit. If 36 be added to the number, the digits are reversed.
The number is
(a) 36 (b) 63
(c) 48 (d) 84
11. In the given figure, x is

(a) ab (b) ac
a+b b+c
(c) bc (d) ac
b+c a+c
12. If ½ is a root of the equation x2 + kx − 54 = 0 , then the value of k is

(a) 2 (b) - 2
(c) 1 (d) 1
4 2
13. The ratio in which the point (2, y) divides the join of (- 4, 3) and (6, 3), hence the value of y is
(a) 2 : 3, y = 3 (b) 3 : 2, y = 4
(c) 3 : 2, y = 3 (d) 3 : 2, y = 2
(a) x2 + 5x + 6 (b) x2 − 5x + 6
2
(c) x - 5x - 6 (d) − x2 + 5x + 6
15. If sin θ = a , then cos θ is equal to

b
(a) b (b) b
b2 - a2 a
(c) b2 - a2 (d) a
b b2 - a2
16. Which term of an AP, 21, 42, 63, 84, ... is 210?
(a) 9th (b) 10th
(c) 11th (d) 12th
17. The cumulative frequency table is useful in determining

(a) Mean (b) Median
(c) Mode (d) All of these
18. The P Âh denotes the probability of an event A, then

(a) P Âh < 0 (b) P Âh > 1
(c) 0 # P Âh # 1 (d) - 1 # P Âh # 1
19. Assertion : 34.12345 is a terminating decimal fraction.

Reason : Denominator of 34.12345, when expressed in the form qp , q ! 0 , is of the form 2m # 5n , where m and
n are non-negative integers.

20. Assertion : Common difference of the AP - 5 , - 1 , 3, 7, .......... is 4.

Reason : Common difference of the AP a, a + d, a + 2d, .......... is given by d = a2 − a1
Section - B
21. In an equilateral triangle of side 24 cm, find the length of the altitude.
23. Evaluate :
3 tan2 30º + tan2 60º + cosec 30º − tan 45º
cot2 45º
24. The mode of the following frequency distribution is 36. Find the missing frequency f .
Class 0- 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 8 10 f 16 12 6 7
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Find the median for the given frequency distribution :
Class 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75

Frequency 2 3 8 6 6 3 2
25. Given that HCF (306, 1314) = 18. Find LCM (306, 1314)
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n
Check whether 4 can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n .

Section - C
26. The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and that of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the AP.
27. If sin θ + cos θ = 2 prove that tan θ + cot θ = 2
28. Three horses are tied each with 7 m long rope at three corners of a triangular field having sides 20 m, 34 m and
42 m. Find the area of the plot which can be grazed by the horses.
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In the given figure, AOB is a sector of angle 60c of a circle with centre O and radius 17 cm. If AP = OB and
AP = 15 cm, find the area of the shaded region.
29. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 18. The frequency f in the class interval 19-21 is missing.
Determine f .
Class interval 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25

Frequency 3 6 9 13 f 5 4
30. If the point C (- 1, 2) divides internally the line segment joining A (2, 5) and B (x, y) in the ratio 3 :4 find the
coordinates of B .
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Prove that the diagonals of a rectangle ABCD, with vertices A ^2, - 1h, B ^5, - 1h, C ^5, 6h and D ^2, 6h are equal
and bisect each other.
31. Given that 2 is irrational, prove that (5 + 3 2 ) is an irrational number.
Section - D
32. Find c if the system of equations cx + 3y + ^3 − c h = 0; 12x + cy − c = 0 has infinitely many solutions?
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Solve for x and y :
2x − y + 3 = 0 , 3x − 5y + 1 = 0

33. Prove that tangent drawn at any point of a circle perpendicular to the radius through the point contact.
34. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60º. After a flight of 30 seconds the angle of
elevation becomes 30º. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of 3000 3 m, find the speed of the aeroplane.
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Amit, standing on a horizontal plane, find a bird flying at a distance of 200 m from him at an elevation of 30c.
Deepak standing on the roof of a 50 m high building, find the angle of elevation of the same bird to be 45c. Amit
and Deepak are on opposite sides of the bird. Find the distance of the bird from Deepak.
35. The weight of two spheres of same metal are 1 kg and 7 kg. The radius of the smaller sphere is 3 cm. The two
spheres are melted to form a single big sphere. Find the diameter of the new sphere.
Section - E
36. Model Rocketry : A model rocket is a small rocket designed to reach low altitudes and be recovered by a variety
of means. Flying model rockets is a relatively safe and inexpensive way for person to learn the basics of forces and
the response of a vehicle to external forces. Like an airplane, a model rocket is subjected to the forces of weight,
thrust, and aerodynamics during its flight.
Shalvi is a member of first rocket club of India named STAR Club. She launches her latest rocket from a large
field. At the moment its fuel is exhausted, the rocket has a velocity of 240 ft/sec and an altitude of 544 ft. After
t sec, its height h (t) above the ground is given by the function h (t) = − 16t2 + 240t + 544 .
(i) How high is the rocket 5 sec after the fuel is exhausted?
(ii) How high is the rocket 10 sec after the fuel is exhausted?
(iii) What is the maximum height attained by the rocket?
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How many seconds was the rocket airborne after its fuel was exhausted?

37. The law of reflection states that when a ray of light reflects off a surface, the angle of incidence is equal to the
angle of reflection.
Ramesh places a mirror on level ground to determine the height of a pole (with traffic light fired on it). He stands
at a certain distance so that he can see the top of the pole reflected from the mirror. Ramesh’s eye level is 1.5 m
above the ground. The distance of Ramesh and the pole from the mirror are 1.8 m and 6 m respectively.
(i) Which criterion of similarity is applicable to similar triangles?

(ii) What is the height of the pole?
(iii) If angle of incidence is i , find tan i .
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Now Ramesh move behind such that distance between pole and Ramesh is 13 meters. He place mirror
between him and pole to see the reflection of light in right position. What is the distance between mirror
and Ramesh ?
38. Eight Ball : This is a game played on a pool table with 15 balls numbered 1 through 15 and a cue ball that is solid
white. Of the 15 numbered balls, 8 are a solid (nonwhite) color and numbered 1 through 8, and seven are striped
balls numbered 9 through 15.
The fifteen numbered pool balls (no cueball) are placed in a large bowl and mixed, then one is drawn out.
(i) What is the probability of drawing the eight ball ?
(ii) What is the probability of drawing a number greater than fifteen ?
(iii) What is the probability of drawing an even number ?
(iv) What is the probability of drawing a multiple of three ?
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What is the probability of drawing a solid color and an even number ?
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Sample Paper 19
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm is

(a) 36π cm2 (b) 18π cm2
(c) 12π cm2 (d) 9π cm2
2. The famous mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural numbers is
(a) Pythagoras (b) Newton
(c) Gauss (d) Euclid
3. The point P on x -axis equidistant from the points A (- 1, 0) and B (5, 0) is

(a) (2, 0) (b) (0, 2)
(c) (3, 0) (d) (- 3, 5)
4. Volume of a spherical shell is given by

(a) 4π (R2 − r2) (b) π (R3 − r3)
(c) 4π (R3 − r3) (d) 4
3 π (R3 − r3)

(a) 0 (b) 3.5
(c) 103.5 (d) 104.5

6. The distance between the points (a cos θ + b sin θ, 0), and (0, a sin θ − b cos θ) is
(a) a2 + b2 (b) a2 - b2
(c) a2 + b2 (d) a2 - b2
7. The pair of equations x + 2y + 5 = 0 and − 3x − 6y + 1 = 0 has

(a) a unique solution
(b) exactly two solutions
(d) no solution
(a) 30c (b) 90c

(c) 60c (d) 45c
9. If the difference of mode and median of a data is 24, then the difference of median and mean is
(a) 12 (b) 24
(c) 08 (d) 36
10. The father’s age is six times his son’s age. Four years hence, the age of the father will be four times his son’s age.
The present ages (in year) of the son and the father are, respectively.
(a) 4 and 24 (b) 5 and 30
(c) 6 and 36 (d) 3 and 24
11. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial kx2 + 2x + 3k is equal to their product, then k equals
(a) 1 (b) - 1
3 3
(c) 2 (d) - 2
3 3
12. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot is
(a) 7 (b) 14
(c) 21 (d) 28

13. The values of x and y in the given figure are
(a) 7, 13 (b) 13, 7

(c) 9, 12 (d) 12, 9
14. If sin α = 1 and cos β = 1 , then the value of ^α + β h is

2 2
(a) 0c (b) 30c
(c) 60c (d) 90c
15. It is given that, TABC + TEDF such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm, DF = 15 cm and DE = 12 cm then the sum
of the remaining sides of the triangles is
(a) 23.05 cm (b) 16.8 cm
(c) 6.25 cm (d) 24 cm
16. QP is a tangent to a circle with centre O at a point P on the circle. If TOPQ is isosceles, then +OQR equals.
(a) 30c (b) 45c
(c) 60c (d) 90c
17. If α and β are zeroes and the quadratic polynomial f ^x h = x2 − x − 4 , then the value of 1 + 1 − αβ is
α β
(a) 15 (b) - 15
4 4
(c) 4 (d) 15
18. If the centre of a circle is (3, 5) and end points of a diameter are (4, 7) and (2, y ), then the value of y is
(a) 3 (b) - 3
(c) 7 (d) 4
19. Assertion : If one zero of poly-nominal p _x i = ^k2 + 4h x2 + 13x + 4k is reciprocal of other, then k = 2 .
Reason : If ^x − αh is a factor of p ^x h , then p ^αh = 0 i.e. α is a zero of p _x i .

20. Assertion : The values of x are - a2 , a for a quadratic equation 2x2 + ax − a2 = 0 .

Reason : For quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
2
x = − b ! b − 4ac
2a
Section - B
22. In figure, O is the centre of a circle. PT are tangents to the circle from an external point P . If +TPQ = 70c,
find +TRQ .

sec 30º sec 60º
24. Find the arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution :
xi 3 4 5 7 10
fi 3 4 8 5 10

O
Given below is the distribution of weekly pocket money received by students of a class. Calculate the pocket money
that is received by most of the students.
Pocket Money (in Rs.) 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 120-140
Number of students. 2 2 3 12 18 5 2
25. a and b are two positive integers such that the least prime factor of a is 3 and the least prime factor of b is 5.
Then calculate the least prime factor of (a + b).
O
What are the values of x and y in the given figure ?
Section - C
26. If in an AP, the sum of first m terms is n and the sum of its first n terms is m , then prove that the sum of its
first (m + n) terms is − (m + n).
27. Prove that sin A − cos A − 1 = 1

sin A + cos A − 1 sec A − tan A
28. Find the area of minor segment of a circle of radius 14 cm, when its centre angle is 60c. Also find the area of
corresponding major segment. Use π = 227 .
O
In the given figure, TPQR is an equilateral triangle of side 8 cm and D, E, F are centres of circular arcs, each of
radius 4 cm. Find the area of shaded region. (Use π = 3.14 ) and 3 = 1.732

29. The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a locality. Find the mean daily expenditure
on food.
Daily expenditure (in <) 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350

30. If the distance of P ^x, y h from A ^6, 2h and B ^- 2, 6h are equal, prove that y = 2x.
O
If â, b h is the mid-point of the segment joining the points A ^10, - 6h and B ^k, 4h and a − 2b = 18, find the value
of k and the distanceAB .
Section - D
32. For Uttarakhand flood victims two sections A and B of class contributed Rs. 1,500. If the contribution of X-A was
Rs. 100 less than that of X-B, find graphically the amounts contributed by both the sections.
O
Draw the graph of the following equations:
2x - y = 1, x + 2y = 13
Find the solution of the equations from the graph and shade the triangular region formed by the lines and the y
-axis.
33. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
34. From the top of a 7 m high building the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 60c and the angle of depression
of its foot is 45c. Determine the height of the tower.
O
A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a flagstaff of height 5 m. From a point on the
ground the angles of elevation of top and bottom of the flagstaff are 60c and 30c respectively. Find the height of
the tower and the distance of the point from the tower. (take 3 = 1.732 )
35. Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/hr through a cylindrical pipe of diameter 14 cm into a cuboidal pond which
is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time the level of water in pond rise by 21 cm ?

Section - E
36. Nidhi and Ria are very close friends. Nidhi’s parents own a Maruti Alto. Ria’s parents own a Toyota Liva. Both
the families decide to go for a picnic to Somnath temple in Gujrat by their own cars.
Nidhi’s car travels x km/h while Ria’s car travels 5 km/h more than Nidhi’s car. Nidhi’s car took 4 hrs more than
Ria’s car in covering 400 km.
(i) What will be the distance covered by Ria’s car in two hour?
(ii) Write the quadratic equation that describe the speed of Nidhi’s car?
(iii) What is the the speed of Nidhi’s car?
O
How much time did Ria take to travel 400 km?
37. Two poles, 30 feet and 50 feet tall, are 40 feet apart and perpendicular to the ground. The poles are supported
by wires attached from the top of each pole to the bottom of the other, as in the figure. A coupling is placed at
C where the two wires cross.
(i) What is the horizontal distance from C to the taller pole?

(ii) How high above the ground is the coupling ?
(iii) How far down the wire from the smaller pole is the coupling ?

38. Blood Group : Blood type or blood group is a medical term. It describes the type of blood a person has. It is
a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red
blood cells (RBCs). Blood types predict whether a serious reaction will occur in a blood transfusion.
In a sample of 50 people, 21 had type O blood, 22 had type A blood, 5 had type B blood, and 2 had type AB
blood. Set up a frequency distribution and find the following probabilities.
(i) What is the probability that a person has type O blood ?
(ii) What is the probability that a person has type A or type B blood ?
(iii) What is the probability that a person has neither type A nor type O blood ?
O
(iv) What is the probability that a person does not have type AB blood ?
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Sample Paper 20
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. Two circles of radii 20 cm and 37 cm intersect in A and B . If O1 and O2 are their centres and AB = 24 cm, then
the distance O1 O2 is equal to
(a) 44 cm (b) 51 cm
(c) 40.5 cm (d) 45 cm
(a) 2.4 cm (b) 2.2 cm

(c) 3.2 cm (d) 3.4 cm
3. If in a lottery, there are 5 prizes and 20 blanks, then the probability of getting a prize is
(a) 2 (b) 4
5 5
(c) 1 (d) 1
5

4. The quadratic equation x2 + 4x − 3 2 = 0 has

(c) no real roots
5. The probability that a two digit number selected at random will be a multiple of 3 and not a multiple of 5 is
(a) 2 (b) 4
15 15
(c) 1 (d) 4
15 90
6. In an AP, if a = 1, an = 20 and Sn = 399 , then n is equal to

(a) 19 (b) 21
(c) 38 (d) 42
7. In the given figure, OACB is a quadrant of a circle of radius 7 cm. The perimeter of the quadrant is
(a) 11 cm (b) 18 cm
(c) 25 cm (d) 36 cm
8. For what value of k , do the equations 3x − y + 8 = 0 and 6x − ky = − 16 represent coincident lines ?

(a) 1 (b) - 1
2 2
(c) 2 (d) - 2
9. If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial f ^x h = 2x3 − 3kx2 + 4x − 5 is 6, then the value of k is
(a) 2 (b) - 2
(c) 4 (d) - 4
10. Thus (b) is correct option. The condition for one root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 to be
twice the other, is
(a) b2 = 4ac (b) 2b2 = 9ac
(c) c 2 = 4a + b 2 (d) c2 = 9a − b2

(a) 45c (b) 60c
(c) 90c (d) 120c
(a) 25c (b) 20c

(c) 30c (d) 65c
13. The top of two poles of height 20 m and 14 m are connected by a wire. If the wire makes an angle of 30c with the
horizontal, then the length of the wire is
(a) 12 m (b) 10 m
(c) 8m (d) 6 m
14. QP is a tangent to a circle with centre O at a point P on the circle. If TOPQ is isosceles, then +OQR equals.
(a) 30c (b) 45c
(c) 60c (d) 90c
15. In the adjoining figure, the length of BC is
(a) 2 3 cm (b) 3 3 cm
(c) 4 3 cm (d) 3 cm
16. If b tan θ = a , the value of a sin θ − b cos θ is

a sin θ + b cos θ
(a) a − b (b) a2 + b2
a2 + b2 a +b
(c) a2 + b2 2 2
(d) a2 − b2
a2 − b2 a +b

17. If the coordinates of the point of intersection of less than ogive and more than ogive is (13.5,20), then the value
of median is
(a) 13.5 (b) 20
(c) 33.5 (d) 7.5
18. While computing the mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are
(a) evenly distributed over all the classes
(b) centred at the class marks of the classes
(c) centred at the upper limits of the classes
(d) centred at the lower limits of the classes
19. Assertion : ABC and DEF are two similar triangles such that BC = 4 cm , EF = 5 cm and area of TABC = 64 cm2
, then area of TDEF = 100 cm2 .
Reason : The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio of the squares of the corresponding altitudes.
20. Assertion : Total surface area of the cylinder having radius of the base 14 cm and height 30 cm is 3872 cm2 .
Reason : If r be the radius and h be the height of the cylinder, then total surface area = (2πrh + 2πr2).
Section - B
21. How many terms of AP 3, 5, 7, 9, ..... must be taken to get the sum 120?
22. Prove that in two concentric circles, the chord of the larger circle, which touches the smaller circle is bisected at
the point of contact.
23. The x -coordinate of a point P is twice its y-coordinate. If P is equidistant from Q ^2, - 5h and R ^- 3, 6h , find
the co-ordinates of P.

24. Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number x .
O
Show that 571 is a prime number.
25. Find, 100 is a term of the AP 25, 28, 31, ...... or not.
O
th
The seventeenth term of an AP exceeds its 10 term by 7. Find the common difference.
Section - C
26. Solve graphically : 2x + 3y = 2 , x − 2y = 8
27. Solve for x : 1 + 2 = 1 , x ! 0, 2 , 2 .

x 2x − 3 x − 2 3
28. An isosceles triangle ABC , with AB = AC , circumscribes a circle, touching BC at P , AC at Q and AB at R .

Prove that the contact point P bisects BC .
O
From a point P , which is at a distant of 13 cm from the centre O of a circle of radius 5 cm, the pair of tangents
PQ and PR are drawn to the circle, then the area of the quadrilateral PQOR (in cm2).
29. The top of two poles of height 16 m and 10 m are connected by a length l meter. If wire makes an angle of 30c
with the horizontal, then find l .
30. A solid is in the shape of a cone mounted on a hemisphere of same base radius. If the curved surface areas of the
hemispherical part and the conical part are equal, then find the ratio of the radius and the height of the conical
part.

O
A tent is in the shape of cylinder surmounted by a conical top of same diameter. If the height and diameter of
cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 3 m respectively and the slant height of conical part is 2.8 m, find the cost of canvas
needed to make the tent if the canvas is available at the rate of Rs.500 per square meter. Use π = 227 .
31. Find the probability that 5 Sundays occur in the month of November of a randomly selected year.
Section - D
32. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p ^x h = 2x2 + 5x + k satisfying the relation, α2 + β2 + αβ = 21
4 , then
O
If β and 1
β are zeroes of the polynomial â + a h x + 61x + 6a . Find the value of β and α .
2 2
33. In Figure, if TABC + TDEF and their sides of lengths (in cm) are marked along them, then find the lengths of
sides of each triangle.
34. If sec θ = x + 1 , x ! 0 find ^sec θ + tan θh .

4x
O
Evaluate :
sin2 30º cos2 45º + 4 tan2 30º + 1 sin 90º − 2 cos2 90º + 1
2 24

35. Find the area of the shaded region in Figure, if ABCD is a rectangle with sides 8 cm and 6 cm and O is the centre
of circle. (Take π = 3.14 )
Section - E
36. 100 Metres Race : The 100 metres is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor
running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been
contested at the summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The World Championships 100
metres has been contested since 1983. The reigning 100 m Olympic or world champion is often named “the fastest
man or woman in the world”.
A stopwatch was used to find the time that it took a group of students to run 100 m.
Time (in sec) 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

No. of students 8 10 13 6 3
(i) Estimate the mean time taken by a student to finish the race.
(ii) What will be the upper limit of the modal class ?
(iii) What is the sum of lower limits of median class and modal class ?
O
How many students finished the race within 1 minute?

37. Satellite Images : Satellite images are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments
and businesses around the world. Satellite imaging companies sell images by licensing them to governments and
businesses such as Apple Maps and Google Maps. It should not be confused for astronomy images collected by
space telescope.
Barun lives in Jaipur in Vaishali. Satellite image of his colony is shown in given figure. In this view, his house is
pointed out by a flag, which is situated at the point of intersection of x and y - axes. If he goes 2 cm east and 3
cm north from the house, then he reaches to a grocery store, If he goes 4 cm west and 6 cm south from the house,
then he reaches to his office. If he goes 6 cm east and 8 cm south from the house, then he reaches to a food court.
If he goes 6 cm west and 8 cm north from the house, he reaches to a his kid’s school.
(i) Find the distance between grocery store and food court.
(ii) Find the distance of the school from the house.
(iii) If the grocery store and office lie on a line, what is the ratio of distance of house from grocery store to that
from office ?
O
Find the ratio of distances of house from school to food court.
38. Swimming Pool : The volume of water in a rectangular, in-ground, swimming pool is given by V (x) = x 3 + 11x2 + 24x
where V (x) is the volume in cubic feet when the water is x ft high.
(i) Find the dimension of base of pool.
(ii) Use the remainder theorem to find the volume when x = 3 ft.
(iii) If the volume is 100 ft 3 of water, what is the height x ?
O
If the maximum capacity of the pool is 520 ft 3 what is the maximum depth?
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Sample Paper 21
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. 2 3 is
(a) an integer
(b) a rational number
(c) an irrational number
(d) a whole number

(a) - 14 (b) 2
3 5
(c) 5 (d) 10

(c) no real roots
4. The first four terms of an AP whose first term is - 2 and the common difference is - 2 are
(a) - 2, 0, 2, 4 (b) - 2, 4, - 8, 16
(c) - 2, - 4, - 6, - 8 (d) - 2, - 4, - 8, - 16

(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 4.5 cm (d) 3.5 cm
of AE ?
(a) 4 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 8 cm (d) 3 cm
is
(a) 60c (b) 70c

(c) 80c (d) 90c

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 1 (d) 3
2 2

9. A pole casts a shadow of length 2 3 m on the ground, when the Sun’s elevation is 60º. Find the height of the pole.
(a) 4 m (b) 6 m
(c) 2m (d) 3 m
10. The radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles of diameters
36 cm and 20 cm is
(a) 56 cm (b) 42 cm
(c) 28 cm (d) 16 cm
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
(c) 1:3 (d) 3 : 1
12. The diameter of a sphere is 6 cm. It is melted and drawn into a wire of diameter 2 mm. The length of the wire is
(a) 12 m (b) 18 m
(c) 36 m (d) 66 m
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25

Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
(a) 15 (b) 25
(c) 30 (d) 35
14. The mean weight of 9 students is 25 kg. If one more student is joined in the group the mean is unaltered, then the
weight of the 10th student is
(a) 25 kg (b) 24 kg
(c) 26 kg (d) 23 kg
15. The probability expressed as a percentage of a particular occurrence can never be

(a) less than 100
(b) less than 0
(c) greater than 1
(d) anything but a whole number
16. A single letter is selected at random from the word PROBABILITY. The probability that the selected letter is a
vowel is
(a) 2 (b) 3
11 11
(c) 4 (d) 0
11

17. If A ^ m3 , 5h is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points Q (- 6, 7) and R (- 2, 3), then the value of m is
(a) - 12 (b) - 4
(c) 12 (d) - 6
(a) x2 + 5x + 6 (b) x2 − 5x + 6
(c) x2 - 5x - 6 (d) − x2 + 5x + 6
19. Assertion : In the figure, if BC = 20 m , then height AB is 11.56 m.
perpendicular
Reason : tan θ = AB = where θ is the angle +ACB .
BC base
20. Assertion : If both zeros of the quadratic polynomial x2 − 2kx + 2 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign then
value of k is ½.
Reason : Sum of zeros of a quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c is -ab
Section - B
21. In the given figure, CB || QR and CA || PR. If AQ = 12 cm, AR = 20 cm, PB = CQ = 15 cm, calculate PC and
BR.


sec 30º sec 60º
24. A box contains 12 balls of which some are red in colour. If 6 more red balls are put in the box and a ball is drawn
at random the probability of drawing a red ball doubles than what it was before. Find the number of red balls in
the bag.
O
Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability :
O
In TABC, if X and Y are points on AB and AC respectively such that AX

Section - C
26. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f (x) = x2 − 4x − 5 then find the value of α2 + β2

2x − 3y + 13 = 0 ; 3x − 2y + 12 = 0
28. In the given figure, DB = BC, DE = AB and AC = BC. Prove that BE = AC .

DE BC
O
A 6 m high tree cast a 4 m long shadow. At the same time, a flag pole cast a shadow 50 m long. How long is the
flag pole?
29. In the given +PQR, right-angled at Q, QR = 9 cm and PR − PQ = 1 cm. Determine the value of sin R + cos R.
30. A well of diameter 4 m is dug 14 m deep. The earth taken out is spread evenly all around the well to form a 40 m
high embankment. Find the width of the embankment.
O
The 34 th part of a conical vessel of internal radius 5 cm and height 24 cm is full of water. The water emptied into

Section - D
32. Solve, for x : 3 x2 + 10x + 7 3 = 0
O
If x =− 2 is a root of the equation 3x2 + 7x + p = 0 , find the value of k so that the roots of the equation
x2 + k ^4x + k − 1h + p = 0 are equal.
34. The table below show the salaries of 280 persons:
Salary (In thousand <) No. of Persons

5-10 49
10-15 133
15-20 63
20-25 15
25-30 6
30-35 7
35-40 4
40-45 2
45-50 1
Calculate the median salary of the data.

O
The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y if the total frequency is 100.
Class Interval Frequency

0-100 2
100-200 5
200-300 x
300-400 12
400-500 17
500-600 20
600-700 y
700-800 9
800-900 7
900-1000 4
35. Find the ratio in which the y -axis divides the line segment joining the points ^- 1, - 4h and ^5, - 6h . Also find the
coordinates of the point of intersection.
Section - E
36. Cost of Production : The cost to produce bottled spring water is given by C (x) = 16x − 63 where x is the
number of thousands of bottles. The total income (revenue) from the sale of these bottles is given by the function
R (x) =− x2 + 326x − 7463 .
(i) Since Profit = Revenue − Cost , find the profit function.
(ii) How many bottles sold will produce the maximum profit?
(iii) What is the maximum profit?
(iv) Find the profit when 245 thousand bottles are sold. Use remainder theorem

37. Jodhpur is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city
of the state. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Kingdom of Marwar, which is now part of Rajasthan.
Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts, and temples, set in the stark landscape
of the Thar Desert. It is popularly known as the “Blue City” among people of Rajasthan and all over India. The
old city circles the Mehrangarh Fort and is bounded by a wall with several gates. The city has expanded greatly
outside the wall, though, over the past several decades. Jodhpur is also known for the rare breed of horses known
as Marwari or Malani, which are only found here.
Last year we visited Jodhpur in a group of 25 friends. When we went mehrangarh fort we found following fare for
ride :
Ride Normal Hours Fare Peak Hours Fare

Horse Rs 50 3 Times
Elephant Rs 100 2 Times
Some people choose to ride on horse and rest choose to ride on elephant.
(i) First day we rode in normal hours and we paid Rs 1950 for ride. Let x be the number of horses hired and
y be the number elephants hired. Which of the following is the correct system of equation that model the
problem ?
(ii) How many horses were hired ? How many elephant were hired ?
(iii) Next day we rode in peak hours, then how much total fare was paid by our group?
(iv) What was the increase in total fare because of peak hours ride ?
38. Boiler : The boiler is essentially a closed vessel inside which water is stored. Fuel is burnt in a furnace and hot
gasses are produced. These hot gasses come in contact with water vessel where the heat of these hot gases transfer
to the water and consequently steam is produced in the boiler. Then this steam is piped to the turbine of thermal
power plant.

Rajesh has been given the task of designing a boiler for NTPC. Boiler consist of a cylindrical part in middle and
two hemispherical part at its both end. The cross section of boiler is given below. Length of cylindrical part is the
3 times of radius of hemispherical part.
(i) Which of the following is correct expression for the surface area of cylindrical part of boiler?
(ii) Which of the following is correct expression for the total surface area of boiler?
(iii) Which of the following is correct expression for the volume of boiler? What is the ratio of volume to the
surface area?
(iv) If r = 3 m , what is the volume of boiler?
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Sample Paper 22
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. (cos 4 A - sin 4 A) is equal to

(a) 1 - 2 cos2 A (b) 2 sin2 A - 1
(c) sin2 A - cos2 A (d) 2 cos2 A - 1
2. A set of numbers consists of three 4’s, five 5’s, six 6’s, eight 8’s and seven 10’s. The mode of this set of numbers is
(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 8 (d) 10
3. TABC is an equilateral triangle with each side of length 2p . If AD = BC then the value of AD is
(a) 3 (b) 3 p
(c) 2p (d) 4p
4. If a number x is chosen at random from the numbers - 2, - 1, 0, 1, 2 . Then, the probability that x2 1 2 is
(a) 2 (b) 4
5 5
(c) 1 (d) 3
5 5
5. An observer, 1.5 m tall is 20.5 away from a tower 22 m high, then the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
from the eye of observer is
(a) 30c (b) 45c
(c) 60c (d) 90c

6. If the square of difference of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + px + 45 is equal to 144, then the value
of p is
(a) ! 9 (b) ! 12
(c) ! 15 (d) ! 18
7. If x2 + y2 = 25 , xy = 12 , then x is
(a) (3, 4) (b) (3, - 3)
(c) (3, 4, - 3, - 4) (d) (3, - 3)
8. Which of the following relationship is the correct?

(a) P (E ) + P (E ) = 1 (b) P (E ) − P (E ) = 1
(c) P (E ) = 1 + P (E ) (d) None of these
9. From a solid circular cylinder with height 10 cm and radius of the base 6 cm, a right circular cone of the same
height and same base is removed, then the volume of remaining solid is
(a) 280 πcm3 (b) 330 πcm3
(c) 240 πcm3 (d) 440 π cm3
10. If the circumference of a circle increases from 4 π to 8 π , then its area is

(a) halved (b) doubled
(c) tripled (d) quadrupled

(c) no real roots
ABC and BDE is ................. .
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1
(c) 1:3 (d) 3 : 1
13. The pair of equations x = a and y = b graphically represents lines which are
(a) parallel (b) intersecting at (b, a)
(c) coincident (d) intersecting at (a, b)
is

(a) 60c (b) 70c

(c) 80c (d) 90c
15. If median is 137 and mean is 137.05, then the value of mode is
(a) 156.90 (b) 136.90
(c) 186.90 (d) 206.90
16. From an external point P , tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O . If CD is the tangent to the
circle at a point E and PA = 14 cm . The perimeter of TPCD is
(a) 14 cm (b) 21 cm
(c) 28 cm (d) 35 cm
17. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm, subtends a right angle at its centre. The length of the chord (in cm) is
(a) 5 (b) 5 2
2
(c) 10 2 (d) 10 3
of a tree is
(a) 10 m (b) 14 m
(c) 8m (d) 15 m
19. Assertion : an - an - 1 is not independent of n then the given sequence is an AP.

Reason : Common difference d = an − an − 1 is constant or independent of n .
20. Assertion : The value of sin θ = 43 is not possible.

Reason : Hypotenuse is the largest side in any right angled triangle.

Section - B
21. How many two digits numbers are divisible by 3?
22. From an external point P , tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O. If +PAB = 50º, then find
+AOB.
23. Find the ratio in which the point ^- 3, k h divides the line segment joining the points ^- 5, - 4h and ^- 2, 3h .Also
24. Write a rational number between 2 and 3.
O
Explain why (7 # 13 # 11) + 11 and (7 # 6 # 5 # 4 # 3 # 2 # 1) + 3 are composite numbers.
25. Find the 7th term from the end of AP 7, 10, 13, .... 184.
O
The fourth term of an AP is 11. The sum of the fifth and seventh terms of the AP is 34. Find the common
difference.
Section - C
26. A fraction becomes 13 when 2 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes 1
2 when 1 is subtracted from the
denominator- Find the fraction.
27. Solve for x : 1 − 1 = 11 x !- 4, - 7 .

x+4 x+7 30
28. Prove that the rectangle circumscribing a circle is a square.

O
If O is centre of a circle, PQ is a chord and the tangent PR at P makes an angle of 50c with PQ , find +POQ .

29. An electric pole is 10 m high. A steel wire tied to top of the pole is affixed at a point on the ground to keep the
pole up right. If the wire makes an angle of 45º with the horizontal through the foot of the pole, find the length
of the wire. [Use 2 = 1.414 ]
30. From a solid right circular cylinder of height 14 cm and base radius 6 cm, a right circular cone of same height and
same base removed. Find the volume of the remaining solid.
O
A metallic cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 5 cm. To reduce its weights, a conical hole is drilled in the cylinder.
The conical hole has a radius of 32 cm and its depth 89 cm. calculate the ratio of the volume of metal left in the
cylinder to the volume of metal taken out in conical shape.
31. Two dice are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
(i) an even number on both dice.
(ii) the sum of two numbers more than 9.
Section - D
32. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 7y2 - 113 y - 23 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the
coefficients.
O
2
If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x − 4x + 5, find the values of
(i) α2 + β2 (ii) 1 + 1
α β
(iii) ^α − βh (iv) 12 + 12
2
α β
(v) α2 + β2
33. In TABC, AD is a median and O is any point on AD. BO and CO on producing meet AC and AB at E and F
respectively. Now AD is produced to X such that OD = DX as shown in figure.
Prove that :
(1) EF || BC
(2) AO : AX = AF : AB

34. If sin A = 3 calculate sec A.

4
O
Evaluate : 4 ^sin 30º + cos 60ºh − 3 ^cos 45 − sin 90ºh
4 4 2 2
35. In Figure, a square OABC is inscribed in a quadrant OPBQ . If OA = 15 cm , find the area of the shaded region.
(Use π = 3.14 ).
Section - E
36. Heart Rate : The heart rate is one of the ‘vital signs,’ or the important indicators of health in the human body. It
measures the number of times per minute that the heart contracts or beats. The speed of the heartbeat varies as a
result of physical activity, threats to safety, and emotional responses. The resting heart rate refers to the heart rate
when a person is relaxed. While a normal heart rate does not guarantee that a person is free of health problems, it
is a useful benchmark for identifying a range of health issues. After the age of 10 years, the heart rate of a person
should be between 60 and 100 beats per minute while they are resting.
Thirty women were examined by doctors of AIIMS and the number of heart beats per minute were recorded and
summarised as follows.
Number of heart beats per minute Number of women ^ f ih

65-68 2
68-71 4
71-74 3
74-77 8
77-80 7
80-83 4
83-86 2


(i) What is the mean heart beats per minute for these women ?
(ii) What is the upper limit of median value of heart beats per minute for these women ?
(iii) What is the lower limit of mode value of heart beats per minute for these women ?
O
(iv) How many women are having heart beat in range 68-77?
37. Morning assembly is an integral part of the school’s schedule. Almost all the schools conduct morning assemblies
which include prayers, information of latest happenings, inspiring thoughts, speech, national anthem, etc. A good
school is always particular about their morning assembly schedule. Morning assembly is important for a child’s
development. It is essential to understand that morning assembly is not just about standing in long queues and
singing prayers or national anthem, but it’s something beyond just prayers. All the activities carried out in
morning assembly by the school staff and students have a great influence in every point of life. The positive effects
of attending school assemblies can be felt throughout life.
Have you noticed that in school assembly you always stand in row and column and this make a coordinate system.
Suppose a school have 100 students and they all assemble in prayer in 10 rows as given below.
Here A, B, C and D are four friend Amar, Bharat, Colin and Dravid.
(i) What is the distance between A and B ?
(ii) What is the distance between C and D ?
(iii) What is the distance between A and C ?
O
What is the distance between D and B ?

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Sample Paper 23
Mathematics - Basic

SECTION-A
1. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to

(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001
(c) 0.01 (d) 0.1
2. ^x2 + 1h2 − x2 = 0 has

(a) four real roots (b) two real roots
(c) no real roots (d) one real root
3. The nth term of the AP a , 3a , 5a , ... is

(a) na (b) (2n - 1) a
(c) (2n + 1) a (d) 2na
4. For which value(s ) of p , will the lines represented by the following pair of linear equations be parallel
3x - y - 5 = 0
6x - 2y - p = 0
(a) all real values except 10 (b) 10
(c) 5/2 (d) 1/2

5. In the given figure, DE z BC . The value of EC is
(a) 1.5 cm (b) 3 cm

(c) 2 cm (d) 1 cm
6. The median and mode respectively of a frequency distribution are 26 and 29, Then its mean is
(a) 27.5 (b) 24.5
(c) 28.4 (d) 25.8
tower is
(a) 25 3 m (b) 50 3 m
(c) 75 3 m (d) 150 m
8. The value of the expression

cosec ^75c + qh − sec ^15c − qh − tan ^55c + qh + cot ^35c − qh is
(a) - 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) 3
2
(a) 200% (b) 500%
(c) 700% (d) 800%
10. In the adjoining figure, OABC is a square of side 7 cm. OAC is a quadrant of a circle with O as centre. The area
of the shaded region is
(a) 10.5 cm2 (b) 38.5 cm2

(c) 49 cm2 (d) 11.5 cm2

11. The 2 digit number which becomes 56 th of itself when its digits are reversed. The difference in the digits of the
number being 1, then the two digits number is
(a) 45 (b) 54
(c) 36 (d) None of these
12. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial kx2 + 2x + 3k is equal to their product, then k equals
(a) 1 (b) - 1
3 3
(c) 2 (d) - 2
3 3
13. Each root of x2 − bx + c = 0 is decreased by 2. The resulting equation is x2 − 2x + 1 = 0 , then

(a) b = 6, c = 9 (b) b = 3, c = 5
(c) b = 2, c =− 1 (d) b = − 4, c = 3
14. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is

(a) 10 (b) - 10
(c) -7 (d) - 2
15. If the distance between the points A (4, p) and B (1, 0) is 5 units then the value(s) of p is(are)
(a) 4 only (b) - 4 only
(c) ! 4 (d) 0

(a) 0 (b) 3.5
(c) 103.5 (d) 104.5
17. In figure, on a circle of radius 7 cm, tangent PT is drawn from a point P such that PT = 24 cm. If O is the centre
of the circle, then the length of PR is
(a) 30 cm (b) 28 cm
(c) 32 cm (d) 25 cm
18. The centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (3, - 7), (- 8, 6) and (5, 10) is
(a) (0, 9) (b) (0, 3)
(c) (1, 3) (d) (3, 5)

19. Assertion : 13 is a terminating decimal fraction.

3125
Reason : If q = 2m 5n where m, n are non-negative integers, then qp is a terminating decimal fraction.
20. Assertion : The value of y is 6, for which the distance between the points P ^2, - 3h and Q ^10, y h is 10.
Reason : Distance between two given points A ^x1, y1h and B ^x2, y2h is given,
AB = ^x2 − x1h2 + ^y2 − y1h2
Section - B
21. In TABC, AD = BC, such that AD2 = BD # CD. Prove that TABC is right angled at A.
22. In figure, a circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD . If AB = 6 cm, BC = 9 cm and CD = 8 cm,
then find the length of AD .
24. Find the mean the following distribution :
Class 3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13

Frequency 5 10 10 7 8
O
Find the mode of the following data :
Class : 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 120-140

Frequency 6 8 10 12 6 5 3

25. Explain why (7 # 13 # 11) + 11 and (7 # 6 # 5 # 4 # 3 # 2 # 1) + 3 are composite numbers.

O
Explain whether 3 # 12 # 101 + 4 is a prime number or a composite number.
Section - C
26. The sum of four consecutive number in AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and last term to the
product of two middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the numbers.
27. Prove that : cot θ + cosec θ − 1 = 1 + cot θ

cot θ − cosec θ + 1 sin θ
28. A road which is 7 m wide surrounds a circular park whose circumference is 88 m. Find the area of the road.
O
In Figure, PQ and AB are two arcs of concentric circles of radii 7 cm and 3.5 cm respectively, with centre O . If
+POQ = 30c, then find the area of shaded region.
29. Compute the mode for the following frequency distribution:
Size of items (in cm) 0- 4 4- 8 8- 12 12-16 16-20 20-24 24-28

Frequency 5 7 9 17 12 10 6
30. Find the ratio in which P (4, m) divides the segment joining the points A (2, 3) and B (6, - 3). Hence find m .
O
In the given figure TABC is an equilateral triangle of side 3 units. Find the co-ordinates of the other two vertices.

31. Given that 5 is irrational, prove that 2 5 - 3 is an irrational number.
Section - D
32. For what value of k , which the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many solutions:
2x + 3y = 7 and ^k + 1h x + ^2k − 1h y = 4k + 1
O
The cost of 2 kg of apples and 1kg of grapes on a day was found to be Rs. 160. After a month, the cost of 4kg of
apples and 2kg of grapes is Rs. 300. Represent the situations algebraically and geometrically.
33. Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of
the circle.
34. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of an 8 m tall building from top of a multi-storeyed building are
30º and 45º, respectively. Find the height of multi-storey building and distance between two buildings.
O
Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of a road, which is 80 m wide. From
a point between them on the road, angles of elevation of their top are 30c and 60c. Find the height of the poles
and distance of point from poles.
35. A solid is in the form of a cylinder with hemispherical end. The total height of the solid is 20 cm and the diameter
of the cylinder is 7 cm. Find the total volume of the solid. (Use π = 227 )
Section - E
36. Maximum Profit : An automobile manufacturer can produce up to 300 cars per day. The profit made from the sale
of these vehicles can be modelled by the function P (x) =− x2 + 350x − 6600 where P (x) is the profit in thousand
Rupees and x is the number of automobiles made and sold. Answer the following questions based on this model:
(i) When no cars are produce what is a profit/loss?
(ii) What is the break even point ? (Zero profit point is called break even) ?
(iii) What is the profit/loss if 175 cars are produced ?
O
What is the profit if 400 cars are produced ?

37. Rohan is very intelligent in maths. He always try to relate the concept of maths in daily life. One day he is walking
away from the base of a lamp post at a speed of 1 m/s. Lamp is 4.5 m above the ground.
(i) If after 2 second, length of shadow is 1 meter, what is the height of Rohan ?
(ii) What is the minimum time after which his shadow will become larger than his original height?
O
What is the distance of Rohan from pole at this point ?
(iii) What will be the length of his shadow after 4 seconds?
38. Political survey questions are questions asked to gather the opinions and attitudes of potential voters. Political
survey questions help you identify supporters and understand what the public needs. Using such questions, a
political candidate or an organization can formulate policies to gain support from these people.
A survey of 100 voters was taken to gather information on critical issues and the demographic information
collected is shown in the table. One out of the 100 voters is to be drawn at random to be interviewed on the India
Today News on prime time.
Women Men Totals

Republican 17 20 37
Democrat 22 17 39
Independent 8 7 15
Green Party 6 3 5
Totals 53 47 100
(i) What is the probability the person is a woman or a Republican ?
O
What is the probability the person is a Democrat ?
(ii) What is the probability the person is a Independent men ?
(iii) What is the probability the person is a Independent men or green party men ?
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Sample Paper 24
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A

(a) m, m + 3 (b) − m, m + 3
(c) m, − (m + 3) (d) − m, − (m + 3)
(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13

(a) 1, 8 (b) - 1, - 8
(c) - 1, 8 (d) 1, - 8
4. If the sum of the first 2n terms of 2, 5, 8, .......... is equal to the sum of the first n terms of 57, 59, 61, ..........,
then n is equal to
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 11 (d) 13

(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 1
(a) 5.4 cm (b) 5.2 cm
(c) 4.9 cm (d) 5.1 cm
(a) 44 cm (b) 51 cm
(c) 40.5 cm (d) 45 cm

9. A 6 m high tree cast a 4 m long shadow. At the same time, a flag pole cast a shadow 50 m long. How long is the
flag pole?
(a) 75 m (b) 100 m
(c) 150 m (d) 50 m
horizontal, then find the length of the wire.
(a) 12 m (b) 20 m
(c) 8m (d) 6 m
11. It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two circular parks of diameters
16 m and 12 m in a locality. The radius of the new park would be
(a) 10 m (b) 15 m
(c) 20 m (d) 24 m
(a) 200% (b) 500%
(c) 700% (d) 800%

13. The times, in seconds, taken by 150 athletes to run a 110 m hurdle race are tabulated below
Class Frequency
13.8-14 2
14-14.2 4
14.2-14.4 5
14.4-14.6 71
14.6-14.8 48
14.8-15 20
The number of athletes who completed the race in less than 14.6 second is :
(a) 11 (b) 71
(c) 82 (d) 130
14. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

(a) 1 (b) 0.1
3
(c) 3% (d) 17
16
15. Out of one digit prime numbers, one number is selected at random. The probability of selecting an even number is
1 1
(a) 3 (b) 4
3 2
(c) 4 (d) 3
16. Distance of point P (3, 4) from x -axis is

(a) 3 units (b) 4 units
(c) 5 units (d) 1 units
17. HCF of 144 and 198 is

(a) 9 (b) 18
(c) 6 (d) 12

(a) 10 (b) - 10
(c) -7 (d) - 2
19. Assertion : If the number of runs scored by 11 players of a cricket team of India are 5, 19, 42, 11, 50, 30, 21, 0,
52, 36, 27 then median is 30.
Reason : Median = b n + 1 l value, if n is odd.
th
2

20. Assertion : If the height of a cone is 24 cm and diameter of the base is 14 cm, then the slant height of the cone
is 15 cm.
Reason : If r be the radius and h be the slant height of the cone, then slant height = h2 + r2 .
Section - B
21. In the given figure, OA # OB = OC # OD, show that +A = +C and +B = +D.
24. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the product of the number appeared is less than
18.
O
Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously. What is the probability that she gets :

O
In the given figure, if AB || DC, find the value of x.
Section - C
26. If one the zero of a polynomial 3x2 − 8x + 2k + 1 is seven times the other, find the value of k .

ax + by = a + b
2
3x + 5y = 4
28. In the given figure, P and Q are the points on the sides AB and AC respectively of TABC, such that AP = 3.5
cm, PB = 7 cm, AQ = 3 cm and QC = 6 cm. If PQ = 4.5 cm, find BC.
O
In the given figure, AB = AC. E is a point on CB produced. If AD is perpendicular to BC and EF perpendicular
to AC , prove that TABD is similar to TCEF.

2
29. Evaluate : 5 cos 60º + 4 cos2 30º − tan2 45º
sin 30º + cos2 60º
2
30. A solid sphere of diameter 6 cm is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel partly filled with water. The
diameter of the cylindrical vessel is 12 cm. If the sphere is completely submerged into water, by how much will the
level of water rise in the cylindrical vessel ?
O
A hemispherical tank, of diameter 3 m, is full of water. It is being emptied by a pipe at the rate of 3 74 litre per
second. How much time will it take to make the tank half empty ? Use π = 227
would have?
Section - D
32. Solve for x : x − 1 + 2x + 1 = 2 where x ]- 1 , 1

2x + 1 x−1 2
O
Find the positive values of k for which quadratic equations x2 + kx + 64 = 0 and x2 − 8x + k = 0 both will have
the real roots.
33. PB is a tangent to the circle with centre O to B.AB is a chord of length 24 cm at a distance of 5 cm from the
centre. It the tangent is length 20 cm, find the length of PO .
34. The arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution is 53. Find the value of k .
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

Frequency 12 15 32 k 13

O
The following distribution gives the weights of 60 students of a class. Find the mean and mode weights of the
students.
Weight (in kg) 40-44 44-48 48-52 52-56 56-60 60-64 64-68 68-72
Number of students 4 6 10 14 10 8 6 2
35. Point A lies on the line segment XY joining X ^6, - 6h and Y ^- 4, - 1h in such a way that XA
= 25 . If point A also
lies on the line 3x + k ^y + 1h = 0 , find the value of k .
XY
Section - E
36. Overflow Pan : A metalworker makes an overflow pan by cutting equal squares with sides of length x from the
corners of a 30 cm by 20 cm piece of aluminium, as shown in the figure. The sides are then folded up and the
corners sealed.
(i) Find a polynomial function V (x) that gives the volume of the pan.
(ii) Find the volume of the pan if the height is 6 cm. Use remainder theorem.
37. Mr. RK Agrawal is owner of a famous amusement park in Delhi. The ticket charge for the park is Rs 150 for
children and Rs 400 for adult.
Generally he does not go to park and it is managed by team of staff. One day Mr Agrawal decided to random
check the park and went there. When he checked the cash counter, he found that 480 tickets were sold and Rs
134500 was collected.
(i) Let the number of children visited be x and the number of adults visited be y . Which of the following is
the correct system of equations that model the problem ?
(ii) How many children visited the park ? How many adults visited the park?
(iii) How much amount collected if 300 children and 350 adults visited the park?
(iv) One day total visited children and adults together is 750 and the total amount collected is Rs 212500. What
are the number of children and adults visited the park ?

38. A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies,
cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who
wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.
Tania runs a bakery shop and her bakery is very famous for tasty biscuits. The amount of mixture required to
make one biscuit is 18 cu cm. Before it is cooked, the mixture is rolled into a sphere. After the biscuit is cooked,
the biscuit becomes a cylinder of radius 3 cm and height 0.7 cm. The increase in volume is due to air being trapped
in the biscuit. Biscuits are packed in a cylindrical card box of height 14 cm. The arrangement of biscuits is shown
below.
(i) What is the volume of the biscuits after it is cooked ? What is the volume of air trapped, while cooking the
biscuit ?
(ii) How many biscuits will be there in a box ?
(iii) How much space is vacant in box after biscuits are packed ?
O
(iv) If weight of 7 biscuits is 50 grams, what will be the weight of box of biscuits?
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Sample Paper 25
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. Which of the following equations has the sum of its roots as 3 ?

(a) 2x2 − 3x + 6 = 0 (b) − x2 + 3x − 3 = 0
(c) 2 x2 − 3 x + 1 = 0 (d) 3x2 − 3x + 3 = 0
2
2. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to

(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001
(c) 0.01 (d) 0.1

4. If sin θ + cos θ = 2 cos θ , (θ ! 90c) then the value of tan θ is

(a) 2 -1 (b) 2 +1
(c) 2 (d) - 2
(a) 16 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm

6. It is given that, TABC + TEDF such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm, DF = 15 cm and DE = 12 cm then the sum
of the remaining sides of the triangles is
(a) 23.05 cm (b) 16.8 cm
(c) 6.25 cm (d) 24 cm
7. If X , M and Z are denoting mean, median and mode of a data and X: M = 9 : 8 , then the ratio M : Z is
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 9
(c) 4:3 (d) 2 : 5
(a) 30c (b) 90c

(c) 60c (d) 45c
9. During conversion of a solid from one shape to another, the volume of the new shape will
(a) increase (b) decrease
(c) remain unaltered (d) be doubled
10. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from the points P and Q at distance of a and b respectively from
the base and in the same straight line with it, are complementary. The height of the tower is
(a) ab (b) ab
(c) a (d) b
b a
11. Observations of some data are x

5 , x, x
3 , 2x
3 , x
4 , 2x
5 and 3x
4 where x > 0. If the median of the data is 4, then the
value of x is
(a) 5 (b) 15
(c) 9 (d) 10
12. One equation of a pair of dependent linear equations − 5x + 7y = 2 The second equation can be
(a) 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (b) − 10x − 14y + 4 = 0
(c) − 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (d) 10x − 14y =− 4
13. There are 60 terms is an AP of which the first term is 8 and the last term is 185. The 31 st term is
(a) 56 (b) 94
(c) 85 (d) 98

then the length of AP (in cm) is
(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 9 (d) 7.5
15. Two concentric circles of radii a and b where a > b, The length of a chord of the larger circle which touches the
other circle is
(a) a2 + b2 (b) 2 a2 + b2
(c) a2 - b2 (d) 2 a2 - b2
16. There are 1000 sealed envelopes in a box. 10 of them contain a cash prize of < 100 each, 100 of them contain a
cash prize of < 50 each and 200 of them contain a cash prize of < 10 each and rest do not contain any cash prize.
If they are well-shuffled and an envelope is picked up out, then the probability that is contains no cash prize is
(a) 0.65 (b) 0.69
(c) 0.54 (d) 0.57
17. If radii of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm , then the length of each of one circle which is tangent to the
other circle, is
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 9 cm (d) 1 cm
18. In a circle of radius 14 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 45c at the centre, then the area of the sector is
(a) 71 cm2 (b) 76 cm2
(c) 77 cm2 (d) 154 cm2
19. Assertion : p ^x h = 14x3 − 2x2 + 8x 4 + 7x − 8 is a polynomial of degree 3.

Reason : The highest power of x in the polynomial p ^x h is the degree of the polynomial.

20. Assertion : sin2 67c + cos2 67c = 1

Reason : For any value of θ, sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1
Section - B
21. Find the 21 st term of the AP - 4 12 , - 3, - 1 12 , ...
22. In Figure, common tangents AB and CD to the two circle with centres O1 and O2 intersect at E. Prove that
AB = CD.
23. If A ^5, 2h , B ^2, - 2h and C ^- 2, t h are the vertices of a right angled triangle with +B = 90º , then find the value
of t.
24. Show that any positive even integer can be written in the form 6q, 6q + 2 or 6q + 4, where q is an integer.
O
Find the smallest natural number by which 1200 should be multiplied so that the square root of the product is a
rational number.
25. If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to eight times its eighth term, show that its 13th term is zero.
O
Find the values of a, b and c , such that the numbers a, 10, b, c, 31 are in AP
Section - C
26. For what value of p will the following system of equations have no solution ?
^2p − 1h x + ^p − 1h y = 2p + 1; y + 3x − 1 = 0
27. Solve the following quadratic equation for x :

x2 + b a + a + b l x + 1 = 0
a+b a

28. In figure, two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to circle with centre O from an external point T . Prove that
+PTQ = 2+OPQ .
O
A circle is inscribed in a TABC, with sides AC, AB and BC as 8 cm, 10 cm and 12 cm respectively. Find the
length of AD, BE and CF.
29. A boy, flying a kite with a string of 90 m long, which is making an angle θ with the ground. Find the height of
the kite. (Given tan θ = 458 )
30. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Figure.
If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.
O
A wooden toy was made by scooping out a hemisphere of same radius from each end of a solid cylinder. If the
height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the volume of wood in the toy. Use π = 227
31. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same result in all the
tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game.
Section - D
32. If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, find the values of
(i) α2 + β2 (ii) 1 + 1
α β
(iii) ^α − βh (iv) 12 + 12
2
α β
(v) α2 + β2

O
If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p ^x h = 2x2 + 5x + k satisfying the relation, α2 + β2 + αβ = 21
4 , then
33. In the right triangle, B is a point on AC such that AB + AD = BC + CD. If AB = x, BC = h and CD = d, then
find x (in term of h and d).
34. Find A and B if sin Â + 2B h = 2

3
and cos Â + 4B h = 0 , where A and B are acute angles.
O
Evaluate the following :
2 cos2 60º + 3 sec2 30º − 2 tan2 45º
sin2 30º + cos2 45º
35. In figure, PQRS is square lawn with side PQ = 42 metre. Two circular flower beds are there on the sides PS and
QR with centre at O, the intersection of its diagonals. Find the total area of the two flower beds (shaded parts).
Section - E
36. Salary Cut : Our personal and professional lives have taken quite a turn in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Worklife has been revamped across the globe, in that working from home has become the norm for those employees
and organizations that continue to carry on with their operations and functioning in the lockdown. Increments,
incentives, businesses have all been impacted.

The Covid-19 pandemic has stalled economic activity at an unprecedented scale globally, raising the spectre of job
losses and salary cuts. Most of companies decided to bring down the salary by upto 50 %.
The following table shows the salaries (in percent) received by 80 employee during lockdown.
Salary Received (in %) 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100

Number of employee 4 10 14 20 24 8
(i) What is the mean salary (in %) received ?
(ii) How many employee received more than 70 % salary ?
(iii) Find the total number of employee whose salary is reduced by more than 40 % ?
(iv) What is the lower limit of mode class of salary (in %) received?
37. To conduct sports day activities, in a rectangular shaped school ground ABCD , lines have been
drawn with chalk powder at a distance of 1 m each. 100 flower pots have been placed at a distance
of 1 m from each other along AB , as shown in figure. Nishtha runs 14 th the distance AB on the
2nd line and posts a green flag. Suman runs 15 th the distance AB on the 8th line and posts a red flag.

(i) What is the position of green flag ?

(ii) What is the position of red flag ?
(iii) What is the distance between both the flags?
(iv) What is the distance of red flag from point A ?
38. The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund was created on 28 March 2020,
following the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The fund will be used for combating, and containment and relief
efforts against the coronavirus outbreak and similar pandemic like situations in the future.
The allotment officer is trying to come up with a method to calculate fair division of funds across various affected
families so that the fund amount and amount received per family can be easily adjusted based on daily revised
numbers. The total fund allotted for a village is x3 + 6x2 + 20x + 9 . The officer has divided the fund equally among
families of the village and each family receives an amount of x2 + 2x + 2 . After distribution, some amount is left.
(i) How many families are there in the village?
(ii) If an amount of < 1911 is left after distribution, what is value of x ?
(iii) How much amount does each family receive?
(iv) What is the amount of fund allocated?
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Sample Paper 26
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random, what is the probability that the letter so chosen is a consonant?
(a) 265 21
(b) 26 (c) 132 (d) 137
2. What is the HCF of smallest primer number and the smallest composite number?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
3. If zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 4x + 2a are a and 2 , then the value of a is

a
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. The sum and product of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial are 6 and 9 respectively. The quadratic polynomial
will be
(a) x2 + 9x − 6 (b) x2 + 6x + 9 (c) x2 − 6x + 9 (d) x2 + 6x − 9
5. For what value of k , the pair of linear equations kx − 4y = 3, 6x − 12y = 9 has an infinite number of solutions ?
(a) k = 2 (b) k ! 2 (c) k ! 3 (d) k = 4
6. Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4 m more then its width, is 36 m. The dimensions of
garden will be
(a) 20 m by 16 m (b) 36 m by 10 m (c) 16 m by 30 m (d) 20 m by 16 m

8. Which of the following equations has 2 as a root?

(a) x2 − 4x + 5 = 0 (b) x2 + 3x − 12 = 0 (c) 2x2 − 7x + 6 = 0 (d) 3x2 − 6x − 2 = 0

9. Which term of an AP, 21, 42, 63, 84, ... is 210?

(a) 9th (b) 10th (c) 11th (d) 12th
10. The perimeters of two similar triangles TABC and TPQR are 35 cm and 45 cm respectively, then the ratio of
the areas of the two triangles is .........
(a) 29 (b) 79 (c) 49
81 (d) 34
11. If A ^5, 2h , B ^2, - 2h and C ^- 2, t h are the vertices of a right angled triangle with +B = 90º , then the value of t
will be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
12. What happens to value of cos θ when θ increases from 0º to 90º.

(a) cos θ decreases from 1 to 0. (b) cos θ increases from 0 to 1.
(c) cos θ increases from 2 to 1
1
(d) cos θ decreases from 1 to 12
13. tan2 θ + cot2 θ = ?

1 + tan2 θ 1 + cot2 θ
(a) 1 (b) 2 tan2 θ (c) 2 cot2 θ (d) 2 sec2 θ
horizontal, then the length of the wire is
(a) 12 m (b) 10 m (c) 8 m (d) 6 m
15. If radii of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm , then the length of each of one circle which is tangent to the
other circle, is
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 9 cm (d) 1 cm
(a) 10 m (b) 15 m (c) 20 m (d) 24 m
17. If two solid hemispheres of same base radius r are joined together along their bases, then curved surface area of
this new solid is
(a) 4πr2 (b) 6πr2 (c) 3πr2 (d) 8πr2
Class 13.8-14 14-14.2 14.2-14.4 14.4-14.6 14.6-14.8 14.8-15

Frequency 2 4 5 71 48 20
(a) 11 (b) 71 (c) 82 (d) 130

a1 = b1 = c1
a2 b2 c2

20. Assertion : If n th term of an AP is 7 - 4n , then its common differences is - 4 .

Reason : Common difference of an AP is given by d = an + 1 − an .
Section - B
21. If two positive integers p and q are written as p = a2 b3 and q = a3 b, where a and b are prime numbers than verify
22. If the nth term of an AP - 1, 4, 9, 14, ..... is 129. Find the value of n.
O
Write the nth term of the AP 1 , 1 + m , 1 + 2m , .....
m m m
23. If the mid-point of the line segment joining the points A (3, 4) and B (k, 6) is P (x, y) and x + y − 10 = 0 , find the
value of k .
then what is the length of AP ?
O
Two chords AB and CD of a circle intersect at E such that AE = 2.4 cm , BE = 3.2 cm and CE = 1.6 cm . What
is the length of DE ?
25. Two coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting both heads or both tails.
Section - C
26. Find HCF and LCM of 378, 180 and 420 by prime factorization method. Is HCF × LCM of these numbers equal
to the product of the given three numbers?

of AE ?
28. Prove that : cot θ + cosec θ − 1 = 1 + cot θ

cot θ − cosec θ + 1 sin θ
29. From a point P , which is at a distant of 13 cm from the centre O of a circle of radius 5 cm, the pair of tangents
PQ and PR are drawn to the circle, then the area of the quadrilateral PQOR (in cm2).
30. In the given figure, a chord AB of the circle with centre O and radius 10 cm, that subtends a right angle at the
centre of the circle. Find the area of the minor segment AQBP . Hence find the area of major segment ALBQA
. (Use π = 3.14 )
O
Find the area of shaded region shown in the given figure where a circular arc of radius 6 cm has been drawn with
vertex O of an equilateral triangle OAB of side 12 cm as centre.
31. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number which (i) is a prime number (ii) lies between 2
and 6.
O
A die is thrown twice. Find the probability that
(i) 5 will come up at least once.
(ii) 5 will not come up either time.

Section - D
32. Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:

x + 3y = 12, 2x − 3y = 12
Also shade the region bounded by the line 2x − 3y = 2 and both the co-ordinate axes.
O
For what values of a and b does the following pair of linear equations have infinite number of solution ?
2x + 3y = 7, a ^x + y h − b ^x − y h = 3a + b − 2
33. Show that A ^- 1, 0h, B ^3, 1h, C ^2, 2h and D ^- 2, 1h are the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD.
34. Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ and PR and
median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that TABC~TPQR.
O
Find the length of the second diagonal of a rhombus, whose side is 5 cm and one of the diagonals is 6 cm.
35. A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm is surmounted by another
cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pipe, given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately
8 g mass. (Use π = 3.14 )
Section - E
36. Auditorium, the part of a public building where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage, the area on which the
performance or other object of the audience’s attention is presented. In a large theatre an auditorium includes a
number of floor levels frequently designed as stalls, private boxes, dress circle, balcony or upper circle, and gallery.
A sloping floor allows the seats to be arranged to give a clear view of the stage. The walls and ceiling usually
contain concealed light and sound equipment and air extracts or inlets and may be highly decorated.
In an auditorium, seats are arranged in rows and columns. The number of rows are equal to the number of seats in
each row. When the number of rows are doubled and the number of seats in each row is reduced by 10, the total
number of seats increases by 300.
(i) If x is taken as number of row in original arrangement, write the quadratic equation that describes the
situation ?
(ii) How many number of rows are there in the original arrangement?
(iii) How many number of seats are there in the auditorium in original arrangement ? How many number of seats
are there in the auditorium after re-arrangement.
(iv) How many number of columns are there in the auditorium after re-arrangement?

37. Drawbridge : A drawbridge is a bridge that can be moved in order to stop or allow passage across it. Modern
drawbridges are often built across large, busy waterways. They can be lifted to allow large ships to pass or lowered
to allow land vehicles or pedestrians to cross.
A drawbridge is 60 metre long when stretched across a river. As shown in the figure, the two sections of the bridge
can be rotated upward through an angle of 30c .
(i) If the water level is 5 metre below the closed bridge, find the height h between the end of a section and the
water level when the bridge is fully open.
(ii) How far apart are the ends of the two sections when the bridge is fully opened, as shown in the figure?
38. Life insurance is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer
promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of an insured person (often the policy
holder). Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical illness can also trigger
payment. The policy holder typically pays a premium, either regularly or as one lump sum.
SBI life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policy holders. Calculate the
median age, if policies are given only to persons having age 18 years onwards but less than 60 years.
Age (in years) Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Number of 2 6 24 45 78 89 92 98 100
policy holders
(i) What is the median value of age ?
(ii) What will be the upper limit of the modal class? What is the mode value of age ?
(iv) Find the mean value of age using empirical relation.
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Sample Paper 27
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, the value of α2 + β2 is

(a) - 7 (b) 1 (c) - 1 (d) - 6
2. If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, the value of 12 + 12 is

α β
(a) 254 (b) - 254 (c) 45 (d) - 45
3. If am = bl, then what do you say about the solution of the pair of linear equations ax + by = c and lx + my = n ?
4. For what value of p does the pair of linear equations given below has unique solution ?
4x + py + 8 = 0 and 2x + 2y + 2 = 0 .
(a) p = 1 (b) p = 2 (c) p ! 4 (d) p ! 2
5. In the figure, ABCDE is a pentagon with BE z CD and BC z DE . BC is perpendicular to CD. AB = 5 cm,

AE = 5 cm, BE = 7 cm, BC = x − y and CD = x + y. If the perimeter of ABCDE is 27 cm. The value of x and
y , will be

6. The quadratic equation 2x2 − 3 2 x + 94 = 0 has

7. The quadratic equation 3x2 + 4 3 x + 4 has


(a) 0 (b) 3.5 (c) 103.5 (d) 104.5
9. The corresponding sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 3 : 4, then the ratio of the areas of triangles is
...................
(a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 169 (d) 34
10. The points ^3, 0h , ^6, 4h and ^- 1, 3h are the vertices of a

(a) equilateral triangle (b) scalene triangle
(c) isosceles triangle (d) right angled isosceles triangle
11. If tan ^3x + 30ºh = 1 then the value of x. will be

(a) 5° (b) 10° (c) 20° (d) 30°
12. 1 − tan2 θ = ?
1 + tan2 θ
(a) 1 (b) cos2 q - sin2 q (c) sin2 θ (d) cos2 θ
(a) 75 m (b) 78.05 m (c) 226 m (d) None of these
14. In the given figure, three circles with centres P , Q and R are drawn, such that the circles with centres Q and R
touch each other externally and they touch the circle with centre P , internally. If PQ = 10 cm , PR = 8 cm and
QR = 12 cm , then the diameter of the largest circle is:
(a) 30 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 10 cm (d) None of these

15. From a solid circular cylinder with height 10 cm and radius of the base 6 cm, a right circular cone of the same
height and same base is removed, then the volume of remaining solid is
(a) 280 πcm3 (b) 330 πcm3 (c) 240 πcm3 (d) 440 π cm3
16. Consider the data:
Class 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205

Frequency 4 5 13 20 14 7 4
The difference of the upper limit of the median class and the lower limit of the modal class is
(a) 0 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 38
17. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random, what is the probability that the letter so chosen is a vowel ?
(a) 265 21
(b) 26 (c) 132 (d) 137
18. In the given factor tree what is the composite number x ?
(a) 53 (b) 11130 (c) 5565 (d) 19438
19. Assertion : an - an - 1 is not independent of n then the given sequence is an AP.

Reason : Common difference d = an − an − 1 is constant or independent of n .
20. Assertion : If a wire of length 22 cm is bent in the shape of a circle, then area of the circle so formed is 40 cm2 .
Reason : Circumference of the circle = length of the wire.

Section - B
21. Show that 571 is a prime number.
22. If the sum of first k terms of an AP is 3k2 - k and its common difference is 6. What is the first term?
O
Which term of the AP 8, 14, 20, 26, ...... will be 72 more than its 41st term.
23. The co-ordinate of the point dividing the line segment joining the points A (1, 3) and B (4, 6) in the ratio 2 : 1 is
......... .
24. In figure, O is the centre of circle. PQ is a chord and PT is tangent at P which makes an angle of 50c with PQ .
Find the angle +POQ .
O
In the adjoining figure, TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O . If +POQ = 110c, then find
the angle +PTQ .
25. Find the probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays

Section - C
26. Prove that 3 is an irrational number.
27. In the figure, PQ is parallel to MN. If KP = 4 and KN = 20.4 cm then find KQ.
PM 13
cos2 (45c + θ) + cos2 (45c − θ)

28. Show that : =1
tan (60c + θ) tan (30c − θ)
29. In the given figure, OP is equal to the diameter of a circle with centre O and PA and PB are tangents. Prove
that ABP is an equilateral triangle.
30. The circumference of a circle exceeds the diameter by 16.8 cm. Find the radius of the circle. Use π = 22
7 .
O
In the given figure, AOB is a sector of angle 60c of a circle with centre O and radius 17 cm. If AP = OB and
AP = 15 cm, find the area of the shaded region.

31. A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as shown below:
A A B C C C
The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A, (ii) C ?
O
A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same result in all the
tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game.
Section - D
32. Draw the graphs of the equations x − y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y − 12 = 0. Determine the co-ordinates of the vertices
of the triangle formed by these lines and the X-axis and shade the triangular region.
O
The cost of 2 kg of apples and 1kg of grapes on a day was found to be Rs. 160. After a month, the cost of 4kg of
apples and 2kg of grapes is Rs. 300. Represent the situations algebraically and geometrically.
33. Show that A ^6, 4h, B ^5, - 2h and C ^7, - 2h are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
34. In TABC, AD is the median to BC and in TPQR, PM is the median to QR. If AB = BC = AD . Prove that
PQ QR PM
TABC~TPQR .
O
In the right triangle, B is a point on AC such that AB + AD = BC + CD. If AB = x, BC = h and CD = d, then
find x (in term of h and d).
35. A right triangle whose sides are 20 cm and 15 cm is made to revolve about its hypotenuse. Find the volume and
the surface area of the double cone so formed. (Use π = 3.14 )

Section - E
36. Optimal Pricing Strategy : The director of the National School of Drama must decide what to charge for a ticket
to the comedy drama. If the price is set too low, the theatre will lose money; and if the price is too high, people
won’t come. From past experience she estimates that the profit P from sales (in hundreds) can be approximated
by P (x) =− x2 + 22x − 40 where x is the cost of a ticket and 0 # x # 25 hundred rupees.
(i) What is the lowest cost of a ticket that would allow the theatre to break even? What is the highest cost that
the theatre can charge to break even?
(ii) If theatre charge Rs 4 hundred for each ticket, what is the profit/loss ?
(iii) If theatre charge Rs 25 hundred for each ticket, what is the profit/loss ?
(iv) What is the maximum profit which can be earned by theatre ?
37. Height of a Pyramid : The angle of elevation to the top of the Egyptian pyramid of Cheops is 30c measured from a
point 50 meter from the base of the pyramid. The angle of elevation from the base of a face of the pyramid is 60c .
(i) Find the height of the Cheops pyramid.

(ii) Find the side of base of pyramid.

38. An inspector in an enforcement squad of electricity department visit to a locality of 100 families and record their
monthly consumption of electricity, on the basis of family members, electronic items in the house and wastage of
electricity, which is summarise in the following table.
Monthly Consumption (in kwh) Number of families

0-100 2
100-200 5
200-300 x
300-400 12
400-500 17
500-600 20
600-700 y
700-800 9
800-900 7
900-1000 4
Inspector calculated that median of the above data is 525 and after that he lost two data which is given as x and
y in table.
(i) What is the value of lost data x ?
(ii) What is the value of lost data y ?
(iii) What will be the upper limit of the modal class?
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Sample Paper 28
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
(a) 10 m (b) 15 m
(c) 20 m (d) 24 m

(a) 10 (b) - 10
(c) -7 (d) - 2
3. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

(a) 1 (b) 0.1
3
(c) 3% (d) 17
16

(a) m, m + 3 (b) − m, m + 3
(c) m, − (m + 3) (d) − m, − (m + 3)
5. A 6 m high tree cast a 4 m long shadow. At the same time, a flag pole cast a shadow 50 m long. How long is the
flag pole?
(a) 75 m (b) 100 m
(c) 150 m (d) 50 m

(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13
Class Frequency
13.8-14 2
14-14.2 4
14.2-14.4 5
14.4-14.6 71
14.6-14.8 48
14.8-15 20
(a) 11 (b) 71
(c) 82 (d) 130

(a) 1, 8 (b) - 1, - 8
(c) - 1, 8 (d) 1, - 8
horizontal, then find the length of the wire.
(a) 12 m (b) 20 m
(c) 8m (d) 6 m
10. If the sum of the first 2n terms of 2, 5, 8, .......... is equal to the sum of the first n terms of 57, 59, 61, ..........,
then n is equal to
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 11 (d) 13
11. HCF of 144 and 198 is

(a) 9 (b) 18
(c) 6 (d) 12

(a) 5.4 cm (b) 5.2 cm
(c) 4.9 cm (d) 5.1 cm

(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 1
15. Distance of point P (3, 4) from x -axis is

(a) 3 units (b) 4 units
(c) 5 units (d) 1 units
(a) 44 cm (b) 51 cm
(c) 40.5 cm (d) 45 cm
(a) 200% (b) 500%
(c) 700% (d) 800%
18. Out of one digit prime numbers, one number is selected at random. The probability of selecting an even number is
1
(a) 3
1
(b) 4
3
(c) 4
2
(d) 3
19. Assertion : If the height of a cone is 24 cm and diameter of the base is 14 cm, then the slant height of the cone
is 15 cm.
Reason : If r be the radius and h be the slant height of the cone, then slant height = h2 + r2 .

20. Assertion : If the number of runs scored by 11 players of a cricket team of India are 5, 19, 42, 11, 50, 30, 21, 0,
52, 36, 27 then median is 30.
Reason : Median = b n + 1 l value, if n is odd.
th
2
Section - B
21. In the given figure, OA # OB = OC # OD, show that +A = +C and +B = +D.
24. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the product of the number appeared is less than
18.
O
Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously. What is the probability that she gets :

O
In the given figure, if AB || DC, find the value of x.
Section - C
26. If one the zero of a polynomial 3x2 − 8x + 2k + 1 is seven times the other, find the value of k .

ax + by = a + b
2
3x + 5y = 4
28. In the given figure, P and Q are the points on the sides AB and AC respectively of TABC, such that AP = 3.5
cm, PB = 7 cm, AQ = 3 cm and QC = 6 cm. If PQ = 4.5 cm, find BC.
O
In the given figure, AB = AC. E is a point on CB produced. If AD is perpendicular to BC and EF perpendicular
to AC , prove that TABD is similar to TCEF.

2
29. Evaluate : 5 cos 60º + 4 cos2 30º − tan2 45º
sin 30º + cos2 60º
2
30. A solid sphere of diameter 6 cm is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel partly filled with water. The
diameter of the cylindrical vessel is 12 cm. If the sphere is completely submerged into water, by how much will the
level of water rise in the cylindrical vessel ?
O
A hemispherical tank, of diameter 3 m, is full of water. It is being emptied by a pipe at the rate of 3 74 litre per
second. How much time will it take to make the tank half empty ? Use π = 227
would have?
Section - D
32. Solve for x : x − 1 + 2x + 1 = 2 where x ]- 1 , 1

2x + 1 x−1 2
O
Find the positive values of k for which quadratic equations x2 + kx + 64 = 0 and x2 − 8x + k = 0 both will have
the real roots.
33. PB is a tangent to the circle with centre O to B.AB is a chord of length 24 cm at a distance of 5 cm from the
centre. It the tangent is length 20 cm, find the length of PO .
34. The arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution is 53. Find the value of k .
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

Frequency 12 15 32 k 13

O
The following distribution gives the weights of 60 students of a class. Find the mean and mode weights of the
students.
Weight (in kg) 40-44 44-48 48-52 52-56 56-60 60-64 64-68 68-72
Number of students 4 6 10 14 10 8 6 2
35. Point A lies on the line segment XY joining X ^6, - 6h and Y ^- 4, - 1h in such a way that XA
= 25 . If point A also
lies on the line 3x + k ^y + 1h = 0 , find the value of k .
XY
Section - E
36. Overflow Pan : A metalworker makes an overflow pan by cutting equal squares with sides of length x from the
corners of a 30 cm by 20 cm piece of aluminium, as shown in the figure. The sides are then folded up and the
corners sealed.
(i) Find a polynomial function V (x) that gives the volume of the pan.
(ii) Find the volume of the pan if the height is 6 cm. Use remainder theorem.
37. Mr. RK Agrawal is owner of a famous amusement park in Delhi. The ticket charge for the park is Rs 150 for
children and Rs 400 for adult.
Generally he does not go to park and it is managed by team of staff. One day Mr Agrawal decided to random
check the park and went there. When he checked the cash counter, he found that 480 tickets were sold and Rs
134500 was collected.
(i) Let the number of children visited be x and the number of adults visited be y . Which of the following is
the correct system of equations that model the problem ?
(ii) How many children visited the park ? How many adults visited the park?
(iii) How much amount collected if 300 children and 350 adults visited the park?
(iv) One day total visited children and adults together is 750 and the total amount collected is Rs 212500. What
are the number of children and adults visited the park ?

38. A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies,
cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who
wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.
Tania runs a bakery shop and her bakery is very famous for tasty biscuits. The amount of mixture required to
make one biscuit is 18 cu cm. Before it is cooked, the mixture is rolled into a sphere. After the biscuit is cooked,
the biscuit becomes a cylinder of radius 3 cm and height 0.7 cm. The increase in volume is due to air being trapped
in the biscuit. Biscuits are packed in a cylindrical card box of height 14 cm. The arrangement of biscuits is shown
below.
(i) What is the volume of the biscuits after it is cooked ? What is the volume of air trapped, while cooking the
biscuit ?
(ii) How many biscuits will be there in a box ?
(iii) How much space is vacant in box after biscuits are packed ?
O
(iv) If weight of 7 biscuits is 50 grams, what will be the weight of box of biscuits?
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Sample Paper 29
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously. What is the probability that she gets at least one head ?
(a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 1
2. If HCF(336, 54) = 6 , LCM(336, 54) will be

(a) 2024 (b) 3024 (c) 1012 (d) 1512
3. Zeroes of f ^x h = x2 − 2x are
21 5
4. Select the quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of a the zeroes are 8 and 16 respectively
(a) 16x2 − 42x + 5 (b) 1
16 ^16x2 − 42x + 5h (c) 1
12 ^16x2 + 42x + 5h (d) 1
12 ^16x2 + 42x − 5h
5. For what value of k , the system of equations kx + 3y = 1, 12x + ky = 2 has no solution.

(a) k =− 6 (b) k !- 6 (c) k = 4 (d) k = − 4
6. For what value of p will the following system of equations have no solution ?
^2p − 1h x + ^p − 1h y = 2p + 1; y + 3x − 1 = 0
(a) p=2 (b) p ! 2 (c) p = 4 (d) p ! 4

8. Which of the following equations has the sum of its roots as 3 ?

(a) 2x2 − 3x + 6 = 0 (b) − x2 + 3x − 3 = 0 (c) 2 x2 − 3 x + 1 = 0 (d) 3x2 − 3x + 3 = 0
2


(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
10. If TABC + TPQR , AB = 1 , then arTABC will be

PQ 3 arTPQR
(a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 8
9 (d) 5
9
11. What is the ratio in which the point P ^ 34 , 125 h divides the line segment joining the point A ^ 12 , 32 h and ^2, - 5h
(a) 4 : 7 (b) 3 : 7 (c) 1 : 5 (d) 2 : 5
12. If A and B are acute angles and sin A = cos B, then the value of A + B is
(a) 60° (b) 180° (c) 90° (d) 120°
13. 1 + 1 =?
1 + sin θ 1 − sin θ
(a) 1 (b) 2 sec2 θ (c) 2 sin2 θ (d) 2 cos2 θ
14. An observer, 1.5 m tall is 20.5 away from a tower 22 m high, then the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
from the eye of observer is
(a) 30c (b) 45c (c) 60c (d) 90c
15. In figure, if +AOB = 125c, then +COD is equal to
\
(a) 62.5c (b) 45c (c) 35c (d) 55c
16. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then the ratio of their areas is
(a) 22: 7 (b) 14: 11 (c) 7: 22 (d) 11: 14
17. A right circular cylinder of radius r and height h (where, h > 2r ) just encloses a sphere of diameter
(a) r (b) 2r (c) h (d) 2h

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 48 (d) 51

19. Assertion : x + y − 4 = 0 and 2x + ky − 3 = 0 has no solution if k = 2 .

Reason : a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 and a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0 are consistent if a1 ! k1 .
a2 k2
20. Assertion : If sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 − 4n. Then its n th term is an = 6n − 7 .
Reason : n th term of an AP, whose sum to n terms is Sn , is given by an = Sn − Sn − 1
Section - B
21. Prove that 3 + 5 is an irrational number.
22. If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an AP whose common difference is d and first term is a , find Sn − 2Sn − 1 + Sn − 2 .
O
Find the sum of first 15 multiples of 8.
23. The ordinate of a point A on y-axis is 5 and B has co-ordinates ^- 3, 1h . Find the length of AB.
find the distance O1 O2 .
O
In the figure, QR is a common tangent to given circle which meet at T . Tangent at T meets QR at P . If QP = 3.8
cm, then find length of QR .
25. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting :
(i) a non face card,
(ii) a black king.

Section - C
26. State Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic. Find LCM of numbers 2520 and 10530 by prime factorization.

DB EC
28. Prove that ^sin θ + cosec θh2 + ^cos θ + sec θh2 = 7 + tan2 θ + cot2 θ
29. If O is centre of a circle, PQ is a chord and the tangent PR at P makes an angle of 50c with PQ , find +POQ .
30. Find the area of minor segment of a circle of radius 14 cm, when its centre angle is 60c. Also find the area of
corresponding major segment. Use π = 227 .
O
In the given figure, find the area of the shaded region, enclosed between two concentric circles of radii 7 cm and
14 cm where +AOC = 40c. Use π = 227 .

31. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability:
(i) of getting a doublet
(ii) of getting a sum 10, of the numbers on the two dice.
O
An integer is chosen at random between 1 and 100. Find the probability that it is:
(i) divisible by 8.
(ii) not divisible by 8.
Section - D
32. Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:

x - y = 1, 2x + y = 8
Also find the co-ordinates of the points where the lines represented by the above equation intersect y - axis.
O
Find the value of p and q for which the system of equations represent coincident lines 2x + 3y = 7 ,
^p + q + 1h x + ^p + 2q + 2h y = 4 ^p + q h + 1
33. If P ^2, - 1h, Q ^3, 4h, R ^- 2, 3h and S ^- 3, - 2h be four points in a plane, show that PQRS is a rhombus but not
a square.
34. In given figure +1 = +2 and TNSQ ~TMTR, then prove that TPTS ~TPRO.
O
Prove that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to sum of squares of other two sides. Using
the above result, prove that, in rhombus ABCD, 4AB2 = AC2 + BD2 .
35. A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height of the cone is 2 cm and
the diameter of the base is 4 cm. Determine the volume of the toy. If a right circular cylinder circumscribes the
toy, find the difference of the volume of the cylinder and toy. (Use π = 3.14 )
Section - E
36. Raju and his classmates planned a picnic in zoo. The total budget for picnic was Rs 2000 but 5 students failed to
attend the picnic and thus the contribution for each student was increased by Rs 20.

The expanse of different item was as follows.
S. No. Article Cost per student

1 Entry ticket Rs 5
2 Coffee Rs 10
3 Food Rs 25
4 Travelling cost Rs 50
5 Ice-cream Rs 15
(i) If x is the number of students planned for picnic, find the quadratic equation that describe the situation.
(ii) What is the number of students planned for picnic ?
(iii) What is the number of students who attended the picnic? What is the total expanse for this picnic ?
(iv) How much money they spent for travelling ?
37. Water Tower : A water tower is a building that is used to hold and give out water. It is almost always built on a
high place. It works because a pump gives water to the tower, and gravity makes the saved water go out to the
places that need water. Those places are connected to the tower by pipes. A water tower is good when there is no
power because it uses gravity to send out the water.
A water tower is located 60 meter from a building (see the figure). From a window in the building, an observer
notes that the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 60c and that the angle of depression to the bottom of
the tower is 30c .
(i) How tall is the tower?
(ii) How high is the window?

38. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is a system of premier central government schools in India that are instituted
under the aegis of the Ministry of Education (MHRD), Government of India. As of October 2020, it has a total of
1239 schools. It is one of the world’s largest chains of schools. The system came into being in 1963 under the name
‘Central Schools’. Later, the name was changed to Kendriya Vidyalaya. Its schools are all affiliated to the Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The objective of KVS is to cater to the educational needs of the children
of transferable Central Government employees including Defence and Para-Military personnel by providing a
common programme of education.
Commissioner of Regional office Jaipur prepare a table of the marks obtained of 100 students which is given below
Marks obtained 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

Number of students 15 18 21 29 p
He was told that mean marks of a student is 53.
(i) How many students got marks between 80-100?
(ii) What is the lower limit of model class ? What is the value of model marks ?
(iii) What is the value of median marks ? What is the upper limit of median class ?
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Sample Paper 30
Mathematics - Basic

Section - A
1. Ramesh buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at random a tank containing
5 male fish and 9 female fish. Then, the probability that the fish taken out is a male fish, is
(a) 5 (b) 5
13 14
(c) 6 (d) 7
13 13
2. A quadratic polynomial, whose zeroes are - 3 and 4, is

(a) x2 − x + 12 (b) x2 + x + 12
(c) x2 - x - 6 (d) 2x2 + 2x − 24

2 2
3. If TABC is right angled at C , then the value of sec (A + B) is

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) not defined
3
4. The value of c for which the pair of equations cx − y = 2 and 6x − 2y = 3 will have is
(a) 3
(b) -3
(c) - 12
(d) no value

5. A number x is selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and then a second number y is randomly selected from the
numbers 1, 4, 9 then the probability that the product xy of the two numbers will be less than 9 is
(a) 3 (b) 4
7 9
(c) 5 (d) 7
9 9

7. If x sin3 q + y cos3 q = sin q cos q and x sin q = y cos q , than x2 + y2 is equal to

(a) 0 (b) 1/2
(c) 1 (d) 3/2

(a) 5 (b) 20
(c) 25 (d) 30
9. The mean and median of the data a , b and c are 50 and 35 respectively, where a < b < c . If c − a = 55 , then
(b - a) is
(a) 8 (b) 7
(c) 3 (d) 5
10. In a right angled TABC right angled at B , if P and Q are points on the sides AB and BC respectively, then
(a) AQ2 + CP2 = 2 ÂC2 + PQ2h
(b) 2 ÂQ2 + CP2h = AC2 + PQ2
(c) AQ2 + CP2 = AC2 + PQ2
(d) AQ + CP = 1 ÂC + PQ h
2
(a) 14.124 m (b) 17.124 m
(c) 19.124 m (d) 15.124 m
(a) 5.4 cm (b) 5.2 cm
(c) 4.9 cm (d) 5.1 cm
13. If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is 36 cm, then its diameter is

(a) 10 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 16 cm

14. In the adjoining figure, PT is a tangent at point C of the circle. O is the circumference of TABC . If +ACP = 118c
, then the measure of +x is
(a) 28c (b) 32c

(c) 42c (d) 38c
15. For the following distribution
Marks Number of Students Marks Number of students
Below 10 3 Below 40 57
The modal class is
(a) 0-20 (b) 20-30
(c) 30-40 (d) 50-60
16. In the given figure, three circles with centres P , Q and R are drawn, such that the circles with centres Q and R
touch each other externally and they touch the circle with centre P , internally. If PQ = 10 cm , PR = 8 cm and
QR = 12 cm , then the diameter of the largest circle is:
(a) 30 cm (b) 20 cm
(c) 10 cm (d) None of these

(a) 5 m (b) 10 m
(c) 15 m (d) 20 m
18. A right circular cylinder of radius r and height h (where, h > 2r ) just encloses a sphere of diameter
(a) r (b) 2r
(c) h (d) 2h
19. Assertion : The roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 2x + 2 = 0 are imaginary.

Reason : If discriminant D = b2 − 4ac < 0 then the roots of quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are imaginary.
20. Assertion : PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with centre O . Such that +AOB = 110c, then +APB = 90c.
Reason : The length of two tangents drawn from an external point are equal.
Section - B
21. If Sn the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 − 4n , find the nth term.
22. In Figure a quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle, with centre O, in such a way that the sides AB,
BC, CD, and DA touch the circle at the points P, Q, R and S respectively. Prove that. AB + CD = BC + DA.
23. Prove that the point ^3, 0h , ^6, 4h and ^- 1, 3h are the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle.
24. Check whether 4n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n .

25. The 8th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term.
O
If the number x + 3, 2x + 1 and x - 7 are in AP find the value of x .
Section - C
26. Determine the values of m and n so that the following system of linear equation have infinite number of solutions :
^2m − 1h x + 3y − 5 = 0
3x + ^n − 1h y − 2 = 0
27. Solve for x :

2x + 1 + 3x + 9 = 0, x ! 3, − 3
x − 3 2x + 3 ^x − 3h^2x + 3h 2
28. If a circle touches the side BC of a triangle ABC at P and extended sides AB and AC at Q and R , respectively,
prove that AQ = 12 (BC + CA + AB)
O
In TABD, AB = AC. If the interior circle of TABC touches the sides AB, BC and CA at D, E and F respectively.
Prove that E bisects BC.
29. An aeroplane, when flying at a height of 4000 m from the ground passes vertically above another aeroplane at
an instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60º and 45º
respectively. Find the vertical distance between the aeroplanes at that instant. (Use 3 = 1.73)
30. A hemispherical bowl of internal diameter 36 cm contains liquid is filled into 72 cylindrical bottles of diameter 6
cm. Find the height of the each bottle, if 10% liquid is wasted in this transfer.
O
A hollow cylindrical pipe is made up of copper. It is 21 dm long. The outer and inner diameters of the pipe are 10
cm and 6 cm respectively. Find the volume of copper used in making the pipe.
31. A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as shown below:
A A B C C C
The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A, (ii) C ?
Section - D
32. If β and 1
β are zeroes of the polynomial â2 + a h x2 + 61x + 6a . Find the value of β and α .
O
2
Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 7y - 11
3 y - 23 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the
coefficients.

33. In TABC, AD is the median to BC and in TPQR, PM is the median to QR. If AB = BC = AD . Prove that
PQ QR PM
TABC~TPQR .
34. Prove that: sin θ = 2+ sin θ

cot θ + cosec θ cot θ − cosec θ
O
2
If 3 cot θ − 4 cot θ + 3 = 0 , then find the value of cot2 θ + tan2 θ.
!!! !
35. Find the area of the shaded region in Figure, APD, AQB , BRC and CSD , are semi-circles of diameter 14 cm, 3.5
cm, 7 cm and 3.5 cm respectively. Use π = 227 .
Section - E
36. Mutual Fund : A mutual fund is a type of financial vehicle made up of a pool of money collected from many
investors to invest in securities like stocks, bonds, money market instruments, and other assets. Mutual funds are
operated by professional money managers, who allocate the fund’s assets and attempt to produce capital gains or
income for the fund’s investors.
Net asset value (NAV) represents a fund’s per share market value. It is the price at which investors buy (“bid
price”) fund shares from a fund company and sell them (“redemption price”) to a fund company.

The following table below shows the net asset value (NAV) per unit of mutual funds of ICICI mutual funds.
NAV (Rs) No. of mutual funds

0-5 13
6-10 16
11-15 22
16-20 18
21-25 11
(i) What is the lower limit of model class of NAV?
(ii) What is the mode NAV of mutual funds ?
(iii) What is the mean NAV of mutual funds ?
O
(iv) What is the median NAV of mutual funds ?
37. Carpooling : It is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car, and prevents the
need for others to have to drive to a location themselves. By having more people using one vehicle, carpooling
reduces each person’s travel costs such as: fuel costs, tolls, and the stress of driving. Carpooling is also a more
environmentally friendly and sustainable way to travel as sharing journeys reduces air pollution, carbon emissions,
traffic congestion on the roads, and the need for parking spaces.
Three friends Amar, Bandhu and Chakradev lives in societies represented by the points A, B and C respectively.
They all work in offices located in a same building represented by the point O . Since they all go to same building
everyday, they decided to do carpooling to save money on petrol. Based on the above information, answer the
following questions.

(i) Which society is nearest to the office?

(ii) What is the distance between A and C ?
(iii) Find the least distance between AB , OA and BC ?
(iv) If Bandhu and Chakradev planned to meet at a club situated at the mid-point of the line joining the points
B and C , find the coordinates of this point.
38. Volume of Solid : A cuboidal solid of base x by x + 1 is shown in figure. Height of original solid is x + 2 . A small
cuboidal solid of base x - 2 by x - 2 and height 2 is cut from this solid as shown in figure.
(i) Find the polynomial for the volume of remaining solid.

(ii) Use the remainder theorem to determine the volume of remaining solid at x = 8 inch.
(iii) Use the polynomial to determine the volume at x = 8 inch and verify the result in (ii).
O
(iv) Use the remainder theorem to determine the volume at x = 10 inch.
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

1. The sum of zeroes of quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 − 2𝑘𝑥 + 15 is 8 then value of k is:

11. In the given figure, AB is a tangent to the circle centered at O.

13. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 with ∠𝐴 = 400 , ∠𝑅 = 520 then ∠𝐵 =

26. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is an irrational number.

29. Solve the pair of linear equations 4𝑥 − 𝑦 − 8 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 11 graphically.

30. Prove that: (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴) (𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴) (𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐴) = 1

Study the pie chart and answer the following questions:

Based on the above, answer the following questions:

UNIT CHAPTER NAME MCQ S.A. S.A. L.A. CBQ TOTAL

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS BASIC (241)

QUESTION ANSWER/HINTS MARKS

22 LetP(0, y) be point on y-axis divide line segment

joining (5, −6) and (−1, −4) in the ratio 𝑘: 1

= sin600 𝑐𝑜𝑠300 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠600 𝑠𝑖𝑛300 1

26 Let3 + 2√𝟓 is not an irrational number.

irrational number is wrong 1

If ∴ 𝑑 = 3 then three terms are: 7, 10, 13 1

∴ 18𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚. 1

28 In ∆𝐵𝐸𝑃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∆𝐶𝐷𝑃 ,

Class interval Frequency (f) Cummulative

32 Correct given and figure 1

Answer of related problem 1

Let the pipe with smaller diameter takes𝑥 hours to fill

∴ Tap with smaller diameter takes 18 hours and tap

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑒

= 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒

𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 154 − 38.5 1

∴ 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑠 57.67𝑚

∴ ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑓 14.6𝑚

36 (i) 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡 = 1

= 3.14 × 22 × 10 = 125.6 𝑐𝑢𝑏. 𝑐𝑚

(iii) 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑙 = 1

= 2 × 3.14 × 2 × (10 + 2) = 150.72𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚

37 Number of all possible outcomes n(S) = 1000

∴ 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 = 60 1

(iii) 𝑃(𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒) =

38 (i) The graph𝑦 = 𝑓 (𝑥) intersect x-axis in two distict 1

(iii)4 𝑖𝑠 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − (7𝑝 + 3).

7) (a) ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅~ ∆ 𝐶𝐴𝐵 1

11) (b) 45° 1

12) (𝑎) sin 𝐴 1

13) (𝑐) 𝜋:2 1

17) (a) 3.5 cm 1

18) (b) 12-18 1

20) (d) Assertion (A) is false but reason(R) is true. 1

Construction:- Join BD to 1/2

= ( by BPT )___________(1) 1/2

= ( by BPT )___________(2) 1/2

𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 (1) & (2)

From (1) & (2) 1

24) Sin2 60˚ + 2 tan 45˚ – cos2 30˚

25) Area of the circle= sum of areas of 2 circles

𝜋𝑅 = 𝜋 x (402 + 92) 1/2

Area of minor segment = ˚

= 78.5-50 = 28.5 cm2 1/2

Area of minor segment = 28.5 cm2 1/2

√3 = where a and b are co-prime. 1

squaring both the sides

𝑎 is divisible by 3 so a is also divisible by 3_________(1)

29) Given circle touching sides of ABCD at P,Q,R and S

LHS = RHS, Hence Proved

⇒ 3x = 10 + x ⇒ x= 5 white balls 1/2